I am using the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.

Today, I am reading and commenting on Genesis 24-25.

I find it interesting that Abraham wanted his son Isaac to marry a woman from his homeland, just as later Isaac sent Jacob there to find a wife.  However, I want to highlight today that Abraham insisted that under no circumstances should Isaac return to Abraham’s homeland in order to get a wife there.  Abraham insisted that the woman to be Isaac’s wife must come to the land of Canaan.  Then when Abraham’s servant found Rebekah, not only was she willing to travel to the land of Canaan to marry Isaac, she was eager to be on her way.  While I am sure that the story that Abraham’s servant told about how God answered his prayer played a role in Rebekah’s willingness to pick up and leave her home to marry a man she had never met, it seems to me that she also had a strong desire to leave her family behind.  I could speculate on her reasons, but what I really want to point out is that God had prepared her to go.  Something about her circumstances with her family made her eager to move on when God asked her to do so.  In the same way, God will prepare us to move on when that is His plan for us.