Their Eyes Met

O.T.#47  "Their Eyes Met"
May 15, 2013
Genesis 24-Part 3
And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.
Genesis 24:64

LET IT GLOW

Eliezer, Abraham's servant, was still conversing with her father and brother. They recognized that the situation of Rebekah going to be Isaac's wife was the thing that proceedeth from the LORD: they could not speak bad or good to Eliezer about the matter. The guys asked Rebekah if she would go with this man (verse 58).
What was her reply? "I will go," she said.

Rebekah changed from being a servant to being a bride, from the loneliness of the world to the joy
of love and companionship, from her poverty into Isaac's wealth. (Wiersbe)

The trip was long and difficult, as was the decision to go. Isaac was a pilgrim without a settled
home and she had to leave her loved ones along with her home. But what Rebekah saw and heard convinced her that she must go.

Similarly, with lost sinners today, the Spirit of God speaks and shows them the things of Christ, sufficient for them to make a right decision. Will you go to the Savior?

Are we willing to go wherever God leads and do His will? Are we willing to leave our family,
our home, our life as we know it now for something unknown to us? Stepping out in faith is
difficult. We must deny our self, take up our cross, and follow Jesus where He leads. Should we
do anything less with our life, for our Savior gave His life for us?

LET IT GROW

All right, Rebekah and her nurse packed their bags, loaded up the camels, and headed on down
the road she had never traveled before, with Eliezer and his men, strangers. Being a woman, don't you know she asked a million questions while on the journey.

Meanwhile, back at the camp, Isaac decided to go out in the field one evening to meditate. This is the guy whose life pictured Jesus going to Calvary to die for us, then returned to heaven to wait for
His bride. When Isaac lifted up his eyes, he saw camels coming. Did he run to meet them?

And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel. (verse 64)
She asked Eliezer who the man in the field coming to meet them was. It was the servant's master, Isaac. Rebekah the covered herself with her veil. Through the veil, their eyes met. Was it love at
first sight?

Can you see it as a movie? The bride-to-be watches as her man runs to see his new, expected bride.
Sorry gals, we have no details of the wedding nor her truso.
The servant told Isaac all he had done. Then Isaac brought Rebekah into Sarah's tent and he
married her.
So she became his wife, and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
(NIV verse 67b)

Rebekah's faith was rewarded. Her name was recorded in God's Word; she shared Isaac's love and wealth, and she became an important part of God's plan. Had she refused to go, she would have
died an unknown woman. (Wiersbe)

Rebekah's decision is a good example for us to follow.

1 John 2:17 NKJV says, He who does the will of God abides forever.

LET IT GO

Open my hand and let go of the trinkets I possess, giving them to God.

Open my heart and let go of the lack of trust and faith, giving them to God.

Surrender my will to His, doing things His way, not mine.

Yes, Lord, You lead and I will go-wherever.