Let’s Make a Deal (35)
Series: Genesis
Robert Dawson
Genesis 26:19-34
A certain frog was growing anxious over his future. Desperate to see what would become of his life, he decided to see a fortune teller. As he told her about his anxiety, she gazed into her crystal ball and as she saw into his future a faint smile appeared on her face. His curiosity now peaked, the frog blurted out, ‘‘What?! What is it?’’
She said, ‘‘You are going to meet a beautiful young woman who from the moment she lays eyes on you will have an insatiable desire to know everything about you, to know most intimately your most inward parts and what makes you tick. You will fascinate her. Overcome with excitement he asks, ‘‘Where will I meet here, a singles club?’’ With that the fortune teller looked back at the crystal ball and her smile faded as she said, ‘‘No. Unfortunately, biology Class.’’
In our passage today we meet someone who, like our little froggy friend, is anxious about her future as well. Her name is Rebekah. She is Isaac’s wife. In verse 21 we find that she, like her mother-in-law, who was also her aunt (interesting family dynamic), was not a ‘‘fertile Myrtle.’’ She was barren. She was childless.
This was a burden on her and Isaac. When we walked through the life of Abraham and Sarah, we learned about the social stigma it carried in that day, unfairly but especially on the wife. It was evidenced when Hagar, Sarah’s servant whom she gave to Abraham as a surrogate, became pregnant and had a baby, she felt superior to her master Sarah and it created problems.
By this stage, over two decades of childlessness, Isaac’s paternal and Rebekah’s maternal desires were in overdrive. They wanted a family. They wanted children. It was not just a matter of family.
• It was also a matter of covenant; one we revisited last week. (Yes, for you who are slightly annal-retentive, I took these chapters out of order because after a long layoff in our study, I thought it would be ben ...
Series: Genesis
Robert Dawson
Genesis 26:19-34
A certain frog was growing anxious over his future. Desperate to see what would become of his life, he decided to see a fortune teller. As he told her about his anxiety, she gazed into her crystal ball and as she saw into his future a faint smile appeared on her face. His curiosity now peaked, the frog blurted out, ‘‘What?! What is it?’’
She said, ‘‘You are going to meet a beautiful young woman who from the moment she lays eyes on you will have an insatiable desire to know everything about you, to know most intimately your most inward parts and what makes you tick. You will fascinate her. Overcome with excitement he asks, ‘‘Where will I meet here, a singles club?’’ With that the fortune teller looked back at the crystal ball and her smile faded as she said, ‘‘No. Unfortunately, biology Class.’’
In our passage today we meet someone who, like our little froggy friend, is anxious about her future as well. Her name is Rebekah. She is Isaac’s wife. In verse 21 we find that she, like her mother-in-law, who was also her aunt (interesting family dynamic), was not a ‘‘fertile Myrtle.’’ She was barren. She was childless.
This was a burden on her and Isaac. When we walked through the life of Abraham and Sarah, we learned about the social stigma it carried in that day, unfairly but especially on the wife. It was evidenced when Hagar, Sarah’s servant whom she gave to Abraham as a surrogate, became pregnant and had a baby, she felt superior to her master Sarah and it created problems.
By this stage, over two decades of childlessness, Isaac’s paternal and Rebekah’s maternal desires were in overdrive. They wanted a family. They wanted children. It was not just a matter of family.
• It was also a matter of covenant; one we revisited last week. (Yes, for you who are slightly annal-retentive, I took these chapters out of order because after a long layoff in our study, I thought it would be ben ...
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