Rebekah's Willingness

I will speak to you this morning on the subject of willingness; Rebekah's willingness to be exact. I have already shown you in past studies of this chapter that although permission was sought for, by Abraham's servant, from Bethuel and Laban for Rebekah to become Isaac's wife, that this was not an arranged marriage. This was a marriage that was formed on the conviction that a godly young man should not marry "one of the daughters of the land." And although the courtship was very short, courtship principles were followed. The servant of Abraham had taken an oath that in going on this 1000 mile errand that he would only come back with a woman who was from among Abraham's relatives, someone who had been raised in the fear of the Lord. And, if this woman was not willing to follow him, then he would be released from that oath. We have seen that the servant was led of the Lord and that Rebekah was willing to become Isaac's wife. There was a willingness not only to become Isaac's wife, but also a willingness to leave the very next day. This willingness to agree to go with Abraham's servant immediately is the same kind of willingness that each person who would believe in Jesus Christ should have in order to become his disciple and to please Him. So we want to draw a parallel between Rebecca and every believer in Jesus Christ. In what ways is Rebecca's willingness like that of the prospective believer in our Lord? It is a willingness of faith. Let me give you 3 ways that it is so.