⁶ But without faith it is impossible to [walk with God and] please Him,

God’s objectives for mankind are expressed when individuals act in faith.

Genesis 24 provides an account of Abraham tasking Eliezer, the oldest of his household, to seek out a wife for his son Isaac in Mesopotamia, in the city of Nahor [the home of Abraham’s brother]. The scripture continues:

¹¹ He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of the evening 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 lovingkindness (faithfulness) to my master Abraham. ¹³ Behold, I stand here at the spring of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water; ¹⁴ now let it be that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please, let down your jar so that I may [have a] drink,’ and she replies, ‘Drink, and I will also give your camels water to drink’—may she be the one whom You have selected [as a wife] for Your servant Isaac; and by this I will know that You have shown lovingkindness (faithfulness) to my master.”

By God’s divine intervention, that is exactly how it transpired and so Rebekah became Isaac’s wife. She was divinely selected by God to form part of the bloodline of Jesus.

Rebekah would also have been familiar with her husband’s miraculous conception through the faith of his parents, Abraham and Sarah, when they were way beyond their natural age for giving birth.

Later on, Rebekah witnessed firsthand, with the birth of her twins, Esau and Jacob, how God opened her womb after she was unable to have children. This was after God responded favourably to Abraham’s prayer of faith for his wife.

In Genesis 27, the moment now arrives where Isaac is near his death and wishes to impart his blessings to his firstborn son, Esau.

Rebekah, at this point, had the wisdom to understand that her husband Isaac was the son of faith, and equally she remembered God’s explanation as to why her twins were struggling within her:

²³ The Lord said to her, “[The founders of] two nations are in your womb; And the separation of two nations has begun in your body; The one people shall be stronger than the other; And the older shall serve the younger.” [Gen. 25:23; AMP]

She remembered that God’s Word proclaimed that Esau would serve the younger Jacob. Perhaps that is why she intervened and formulated a plan to ensure that Jacob – her youngest, would receive the blessing.

Her deception worked, Jacob did receive the blessing, however it was solely God’s prerogative. God would have found a way to bless Jacob, regardless of Rebekah’s actions. She paid a severe price for this as she never saw Jacob again after she sent him away to her brother Laban.  

God’s ways are higher than man’s ways – they are ways of faith and not of self-will. We are to trust and not question His methods and choices.

God bless you.