Who doesn’t love an epic love story? In Genesis 24, Rebecca and Isaac’s story reads much like a fairy-tale. It was a match made in heaven- literally. It was love at first sight. And God wanted us to know every detail about this couples love story…
Rebecca was beautiful, pure, energetic and had a servants heart. Isaac was peace loving, easy going, and quiet. What could go wrong with such a perfect combination?
No doubt about it they were attracted to each other and loved each other. In fact, the word “love” was used to define romantic love for the first ever time in the Bible- about them! But romance or none, the storms of life blew hard on their home. Rebecca was barren for the first 20 years of their marriage. That’ll put a strain on even the strongest couple! Isaac was passive- to a fault, wanting peace at all cost, he lied about Rebecca’s identity as his wife! Yep, he’s Abraham’s son. You can be certain Isaac heard about this for a long time.
Rebecca wasn’t passive by any stretch of the imagination, she was the opposite. She quickly made family decisions without consulting her husband. Oh boy, the story gets a lot more complicated when their twins were born. Rebecca and Isaac’s communication wasn’t what it should have been…
Even though it was a match made in heaven, the story shows us that life is full of human weakness. They were normal, imperfect people. Humans make mistakes every day and they were no different from us. God wanted us to see that even behind the doors of a match made in heaven, there are many faults. Yet, in our imperfection and desperately weak flesh, He loves us- and chooses to use us for His glory! Generations later, He used this imperfect couple to usher in the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, Jesus Christ!
Who doesn’t love an epic love story? And whether you’re married or not, your epic love story is being written. Your story is being inscribed. Every detail matters to God- Every choice we make, how pure we live, how we rise above the hardships, how we forgive and how we depend on Him every step of the story.
In Malachi 3:16 it says God has a book of remembrance of those who feared Him. That verse and others challenge me every day to rise above myself. God loves to brag about His children-what will He say about how I lived my life? I want my story to be an epic love story—choices I make determine the “epic.”
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2 Corinthians 12:9-11, “But he said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. “Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”
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