A funny clip from the Ken Davis DVD, “Second Chances” about finding a wife.

Scripture
Now Isaac had come from Beer Lahai Roi, for he was living in the Negev. He went out to the field one evening to meditate, and as he looked up, he saw camels approaching. Rebekah also looked up and saw Isaac. She got down from her camel and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?”
“He is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.

Then the servant told Isaac all he had done. Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he married Rebekah. So she became his wife, and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death. Genesis 24:62-67

Observation
The meeting of Isaac and Rebekah is an old-fashioned love story. The golden light of sunset gilds the silhouette of the rugged man standing in the green meadow. Camels in majestic strides bear a beautiful maiden who enhances her appeal by a thin veil of mystery. This is the stuff that Harlequin romances are made of. But beyond this scene-perfect romance is something more profound.

Isaac’s life had stalled. His mother Sarah had died and not knowing what to do with the strange emotions inside, Isaac did what many men do, he got busy and went to work. His work took him far from home into a desert where he lived like a high rider. At sunset something would stir him to look at the sunset and think through his day. He was an only child, so undoubtedly he and Sarah were close. Maybe something about the warm sunset reminded him of her. All of these point to a man who was alone, uncomfortable with his emotions of loss, and restlessly wandering unable to settle. His name meant “laughter” but life wasn’t fun for Isaac anymore.

Then came Rebekah. Rebekah had heard of Isaac and without even a photograph to know what he looked like hopped on a camel and took a ride of months, never to return home just to marry him. She was up for an adventure, but more. Rebekah was willing to lay down her life to meet the needs of her husband and to follow him where he was. The voluntary choice of a woman to follow her husband and to conform herself to the needs of her man is the greatest honor any man can receive. It is a sign that he has loved her well.

Rebekah’s gift of surrender to Isaac changed his life forever. When Rebekah arrived on the scene, for the first time Isaac returned home. He went back to the place where his mother had lived. Rebekah helped Isaac to push past the uncomfortable feelings of loss and move beyond them into a whole new life. A man without a woman is not just alone but consistently moving himself into lonely places. It is not good for man to be alone, so God has created woman to bring a man out of the isolation of work and business into a fresh new world of relationships. A wife is a treasure for the wandering is over as she leads a man home.

Application
It is true that a wife must follow her husband, but it is also true that a husband must follow his wife out of the isolation of work and into the relationships of home.

Prayer
Father, help me as a husband to follow my wife as she so incredibly follows me. And I pray that you would lead us home. Amen.