I will go

Then they called Rebekah and said to her, "Will you go with this man?" And she said, "I will go." – Genesis 24v58

Perhaps I am over spiritualising this incident. Maybe Rebekah was just a young woman swayed by the excitement of moving to a far off land marrying a mysterious stranger. Maybe there was nothing more to her part than that.

Maybe so, but from the reading of the entire account I get a different impression of her. From the time she first appeared on the scene she seems to be a dedicated servant who is acting in direct accord with God’s leadership. She was obviously sensitive to God’s will because she at the very start acted in accord with God answering the servant’s prayer.

So, if I will be permitted that presupposition, I will go on. ‘I will go’ must be some of the most precious words to God. It is the same attitude that Isaiah had when he said, ‘Here am I Lord, send me.’ The willingness to say, ‘I will go’ means that we are willing to leave our comfort zone. Saying, I will go, means that I am willing to give up what I am accustomed to.

I wonder how many of God’s people need to be willing to say ‘I will go;’ be it to their co-worker, neighbour, family member, or even some far off place. Who is willing to say ‘I will, by faith, go into that unknown situation?’

‘I will go. I will step out of my comfort zone. I will get out of the boat. I will go fight the giant.’ That is the kind of volunteer spirit God is looking for.