August 22, 2019

HER CHOICE

Genesis 24:8

“And if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be released from this oath; only do not take my son back there.”

Encouraging Words

Well! That is an odd verse to choose for the verse of the day. Not if you have the rest of the story. Isaac has now grown to the age where it is time for him to consider marriage. Abraham has followed His God's direction and sojourned to a foreign land. He believes it is important that Isaac marry one of their own people so he sends his servant back to their homeland to find a wife. He tells him that God will guide him and when he finds the lucky candidate he is to ask her to return with him to this unknown land, to an unknown people, and marry this unknown guy. We know what most of us today would say to a proposition like this. What is important in this verse is the last command that Abraham gives his servant. Under no means, force her to do this. He could have easily given the dowry to her father who would have they made her go. No! She is to come on her own free will. This is an image of how God treats each of us. He gives us opportunities and choices to make and lets us choose. So what happens next? Read the story to find out. It is all found in Genesis 24:1-67. Glory be to God!