Children's Sermon: Isaac and Rebekah.
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Sarah was old and died.
After this, Abraham wanted to find a good wife for Isaac.
Genesis 24 Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years. And the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things. 2 And Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household, who had charge of all that he had, “Put your hand under my thigh, 3 that I may make you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell, 4 but will go to my country and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac.”
Abraham did not want his son to marry a pagan woman who worshipped false gods and who would likely pull Isaac into worshipping idols. But his servant is concerned. What if this doesn’t work out? But Abraham comforts his servant.
7 The LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and from the land of my kindred, and who spoke to me and swore to me, ‘To your offspring I will give this land,’ he will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.
These are very comforting words. God will be with you. Trust in God. But Abraham tells his servant that even then, if the woman is not willing to come back, then Abraham will not blame his servant. So the servant sets out.
10 Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed, taking all sorts of choice gifts from his master; and he arose and went to Mesopotamia to the city of Nahor. 11 And he made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time when women go out to draw water. 12 And he said, “O LORD, God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today and show steadfast love to my master Abraham. 13 Behold, I am standing by the spring of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water. 14 Let the young woman to whom I shall say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who shall say, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels’—let her be the one whom you have appointed for your servant Isaac. By this I shall know that you have shown steadfast love to my master.”
This is such a great prayer. The servant wants to honor and love his master. So what does he do? He stops and prays. He asks God for help. And look what happens.
15 Before he had finished speaking, behold, Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, came out with her water jar on her shoulder. 16 The young woman was very attractive in appearance, a maiden whom no man had known. She went down to the spring and filled her jar and came up. 17 Then the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please give me a little water to drink from your jar.” 18 She said, “Drink, my lord.” And she quickly let down her jar upon her hand and gave him a drink. 19 When she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I will draw water for your camels also, until they have finished drinking.” 20 So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran again to the well to draw water, and she drew for all his camels. 21 The man gazed at her in silence to learn whether the LORD had prospered his journey or not.
22 When the camels had finished drinking, the man took a gold ring weighing a half shekel, and two bracelets for her arms weighing ten gold shekels, 23 and said, “Please tell me whose daughter you are. Is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?” 24 She said to him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.” 25 She added, “We have plenty of both straw and fodder, and room to spend the night.”
This was the right woman! God had prospered this servant’s journey and mission. So what does the servant do?
26 The man bowed his head and worshiped the LORD 27 and said, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his steadfast love and his faithfulness toward my master. As for me, the LORD has led me in the way to the house of my master’s kinsmen.” 28 Then the young woman ran and told her mother’s household about these things.
And God worked all this out. The family welcomed Abraham’s servant. Rebekah then went with the servant back to marry Isaac filled with all the love and blessing of her house.
And here is what I want you to learn.
Trust God with your life.
Trust God with all you do. Be like Abraham’s servant. He trusted God with this challenging task. And God was faithful. Now we may not always see immediate answers to our prayers, but we can always trust God. God is with us, and all things will happen how He wants. So if you are ever afraid, or confused, pray. Stop and ask God for help and comfort. Then, trust Him. Whatever happens, know that God hears our prayers and He will do what is best, even when we don’t always understand.
Abraham’s servant did not understand. He was afraid. But he loved his master and he trusted God. Be like this. Let’s pray.