The life partner (Part 10)
As I told you in the beginning, this teaching will be long because the devil has blinded the people of God for a long time. He wants us to walk in the dark and he is happy to see marriages destroyed. He wants to convince young people to always listen to the heart and by “heart” he means love feelings. If you go to Belgium where 71% of couples are divorced, I am convinced that the big majority of these 71% will tell you that they were married by love.
This shows us that marrying by love is not a guarantee of success, but if you get married based on the word of God, not only you are in the perfect will of God, but God will also give you the love that is necessary for your partner. By the way, I would like to point out that I will also talk about married couples without consulting the Lord and I will also talk about divorce.
Back to the story of the marriage of Isaac and Rebecca. In the ninth part, we saw that the family of Rebecca agreed and the servant of Abraham paid the dowry. I ended by saying that even though God had said Yes and that the family had said Yes, Rebekah absolutely had to say Yes too and her agreement was important for her family. It is interesting to see how African culture and biblical culture are very similar because in verse 55 the family of the girl asked the servant of Abraham to wait a few days before taking Rebekah forever.
Although both sides have agreed, the family of the girl demanded that Rebekah agrees. In verse 58, it says: " So they called Rebekah and asked her, “Will you go with this man?” “I will go” she said” (Genesis 24: 58).
Marriage is the image of the conversion when we take the commitment to accept Jesus as our Lord. God conceives that relationship like marriage between the Church and Christ. Despite that Jesus already paid the price by forgiving our sins, he is waiting for our agreement in order to have eternal life.
Abraham's servant finally took Rebecca with him and introduced her to Isaac. In verse 66 it says that Isaac loved and married her.
In conclusion, do not privilege the romantic feelings but seek God's guidance and love will follow.
In the eleventh part, I will start to talk about alliance.
Chris Ndikumana
