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And He Loved Her

I wonder if it occurred to Rebekah that, while she had been learning all about Isaac, he knew nothing about her. I wonder if she feared he wouldn’t love her! Would she be pleasing in his eyes? Would she be what he was looking for?

Rebekah knew Isaac was the father’s sole heir. As his bride, she would share in all that was his. She was walking toward one who would transform her life into vast wealth, privilege and position. But would their marriage be solely an “official” arrangement? Or would their relationship be one of genuine love? She seemed overcome with shyness, so after months of travel when she saw him coming towards her, she took her veil and covered herself (Genesis 24:65).

It didn’t take long for Rebekah to discover Isaac’s response to her. He had gone out into the field to meditate, but I wonder if he had been watching for her, too. After almost forty years of being single, he must have been consumed with thoughts of his bride.

As she drew near, he, too, must have felt his heart skip a beat! Since she was veiled, all he would have been able to see was a female form swathed in the fine linen clothing his father had provided for her. Would he be pleased? Or would he be disappointed?

Isaac and Rebekah gazed on each other for the first time as “the servant told Isaac all he had done” (Genesis 24:66). How thrilled the servant must have been to present the bride to Abraham’s son and explain all that God had orchestrated to make this moment possible.

Rebekah was exactly the bride the father had sought for his son. But would she be what Isaac wanted? The Bible leaves no room for doubt: “Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he married Rebekah. So, she became his wife, and he loved her” (Genesis 24:67).

Your heavenly Father has chosen you. How thrilled the Holy Spirit will be one day to present you faultless before the Father as the chosen Bride of His Son. (Jude 1:24-25) And make no mistake about it. The Son knows all about you, and He loves you!

Do you doubt the Son’s love? Why? List as many ways as you can that Jesus has demonstrated His love for you.