Genesis 24:10-20
Then the servant took ten camels from the camels of his master, and set out with a variety of good things of
his master’s in his hand; and he arose and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor. He made the camels
kneel down outside the city by the well of water at evening time, the time when women go out to draw water.
He said, “O LORD, the God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today, and show lovingkindness to my
master Abraham. “Behold, I am standing by the spring, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming
out to draw water; now may it be that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar so that I may drink,’ and
who answers, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels also’—may she be the one whom You have appointed for Your
servant Isaac; and by this I will know that You have shown lovingkindness to my master.” Before he had finished
speaking, behold, Rebekah who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor,
came out with her jar on her shoulder. The girl was very beautiful, a virgin, and no man had had relations with
her; and she went down to the spring and filled her jar and came up. Then the servant ran to meet her,
and said, “Please let me drink a little water from your jar.” She said, “Drink, my lord”; and she quickly lowered
her jar to her hand, and gave him a drink. Now when she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I will draw
also for your camels until they have finished drinking.” So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, and ran
back to the well to draw, and she drew for all his camels.
Genesis 24:56-58
He said to them, “Do not delay me, since the LORD has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my
master.” And they said, “We will call the girl and consult her wishes.” Then they called Rebekah and said to her,
“Will you go with this man?” And she said, “I will go.”
Decisions. Decisions. We all must make them. Rebekah had a few choices to make when she showed up at the
well, and saw a stranger there who had obviously come a long distance. When asked for water, she immediately
decided to be hospitable to this man, in no way knowing that her actions were an answer to the prayer that
he had just spoken in his heart.
Then, after his reason for coming had been established, she had no choice in the matter of whether she
would be Isaac’s bride. But, when morning came, she did have to make another decision: whether to go with
Abraham’s servant, or stay and prepare herself for the position she was chosen to fill. She chose to go then,
and not delay.
So, how many times have you been brought to a well of decision? A place where you have been rewarded for
acting instinctively with warm reception and hospitality? A place where you were free to make some of the
decisions, but others were made for you? Have you been given a sense adventure? Or, a blessing and honor
bestowed upon you by family and friends because of your choice? Have you moved to a new location, either
literally or spiritually, just by drawing from the well of decision?
The