ELECH!

“They called Rivkah and asked her, ‘Will you go with this man?’ and she replied, ‘I will’”
Genesis 24:58

As we wrap up the account of Rivkah leaving her family, we find a moment in the Torah where there seemed to be doubt. The doubt, however, was not with Rivkah, but rather with her family. After they collected the dowry of silver and gold, together with clothing, the men stayed awake and drank into the night. In the morning, however, when the servant was ready to make his way back home, Rivkah’s mother and brother made a plea that the girl remain able to stay for a few more days. The servant stood his ground, though, and a compromise had to be found. With such a weighty decision they chose to ask Rivkah what she would rather do.
Rivkah was asked if she would rather stay at home for ten more days or leave her family now to venture on the back of a camel straightaway to a foreign land to meet her recently, yet unseen, betrothed. Her response was, “Elech.” When asked if Rivkah would go with this servant of Avraham’s, she responded, “I will go (Elech).” Just as Avraham had moved out in faith from Ur and by faith believed that both he and his son would come back down from the mountain, so now the same faith was being seen in Rivkah. Knowing not what lay ahead, she agreed to go with the servant and said, “Elech.”
In Hebrews (Messianic Jews) 11:1, we read that “faith (trusting) is being confident of what we hope for, convinced about things we do not see.” Rivkah was trusting Adonai. She had heard the words of the servant concerning his task and his prayer, she had heard the confidence in his voice, and her faith had been charged. So now she stepped out in that faith in agreeing to go with the servant. This strikes me because we see right from the start her level of faith.
It strikes me also because I question myself. When Adonai asks me to step out in faith I do not always obey. My answer isn’t always, “Elech.” I want it to be. I find myself like the disciples who so often were rebuked because of their lack of faith. This is a character of me that I desperately desire to change. I want to be one that is confident in faith like Rivkah was, and who when asked for a decision to stay or go forward in faith always responds, “Elech.” How about you?

Genesis 24:53-67