Him&Me+3: 2010

I have started this year doing my devos in my chronological bible, and today I was reading about Abraham and Issac. It was a story I have heard and read many times yet today something different stood out to me.

In the past what I always got was how amazing the Lords provisions are for us. For example the Lord provided Issac as a promise to Abraham and Sarah, the Lord provided a burial place for Abrahams decendents in particular Sarah, the Lord provided a burnt offering in place of Issacs life, the Lord provided much wealth and many possesions to Abraham, God also provided a wife for Issac in such an incredible way...the list goes on and on!

Today though God showed me how close Rebekah must have been to the Lord, how much she loved and trusted, how she didnt have to think twice or even pray about what she should do. When Abrahams servent went looking for a wife for Issac as Abraham had commanded the Lord led him directly to Rebekah. Not only was she a sweet willing woman who fetched water for the servant she went back and forth filling her water jug to also water the mans, whom she did not know, camels! This to me was just a small glimpse of her servants heart. A small gesture of her love for her Lord. This however was not what popped out to me today.

What really spoke to my heart was after the servant had gone to her house and spoke with her father asking to take her back to be Issacs wife. The father readily gave his daughter over for this marriage, but the mother and brother asked that she remain with them for 10 days...when the servant asked to leave immediatly they decided to leave it up to Rebekah. This is where the Lord caught my attention! Rebekahs response was "I will go". I tried to think about the situation and how I would have felt and reacted.

Rebekah did not know this man nor did she know Issac. Rebekah had no say when it came to this marriage, nor was she even consulted. Yet she responded...I will go... I am pretty sure that would not have been my response. I would have wanted details, I would have wanted to know what the future would hold, I would have wanted to at least visit the place I was being taken...I would have wanted so much before agreeing! Rebekah did not say I need to pray about this, she did not say why me...Rebekah said I will go!

I want this to be the attitude of my heart! I want to be so close and have so much trust and faith in my Lord that my heart does not question. No matter what the circumstance or situation I desire to be so intune with my Lord that I am ready and willing as soon as He calls me for anything! I know times were different then and cultures were different, but Rebekah was a girl who had a free will just like I do. She was a girl who could have asked questions and she could have been stubborn or emotional about what the Lord was doing in her life but she chose not to! I so easily become frazzled, emotional, and stubborn when things change in my life. I so often need to hear God tell me something over and over again before I am sure its what He is actually telling me. The attitude of my heart is so often the opposite of what Rebekah displayed as God called her.

As I go through this next year I am going to try to be more like Rebekah. I am going to try to draw so close to the Lord each day that I cant help but be in His will the second He calls me without hesitation or concern. I am going to attempt to stop questioning Him when I know exactly what He is saying to me! God has done so many amazing things in my life and though things get tough He has always shown me His plan and His desire for my life. He has never left me hanging or wishing something different would have happend. Even the hard times that have left scars on my heart He has used to grow me and change me into something beautiful for Him!

Today I thank Him for His word and the sweet way He reminds me and motivates me to work toward becoming who He desires me to be!