Isaac intreated the Lord for his wife

Bible Reading: Genesis 25-26/i>

Genesis 25:21 And Isaac intreated the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

Barrenness ran in the family. Sarah was barren as well. It took a long time before she had a baby! Now Isaac's wife was barren as well. What did he do? He intreated the Lord for her. The word means to make intercession for someone. Isaac prayed for his wife.

What is your response when you run into problems? We resort to all sorts of means to alleviate them. We call experts and we worry. But the Bible tells us not to be full of care.

Philippians 4:6-7 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

The first response of the believer is prayer! And God promises peace. And God answers prayer. He answered Isaac's prayer for his wife. The Bible says that Rebekah conceived...20 years later!

Genesis 25:20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.

Genesis 25:26b ...and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.

Isaac prayed for Rebekah for twenty years before the Lord answered that prayer. Was he anxious and worried all that time? No, because when we pray, God promises his peace. Did he give up? No, becasue believers never give up on God. Believers learn to wait upon the Lord.

Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

What are you praying for? Keep on believing and waiting upon God and rest in his peace in the meantime!

In Christ,
Rody