Will You Go With

This Man?

A Sermon on
Genesis 24:58
 Pastor Rodney A. Gray

This sermon was preached January 23, 2005.

It was inspired by sermons preached by
Brownlow North in the 1859 Revival in Ulster
and a sermon on Genesis 24:49
preached by Edward D. Griffin
around the beginning of the nineteenth century.
 Will You Go With This Man?

Genesis 24:58

This text records one of the most important questions ever asked of anyone
in the Bible, and it includes one of the most important decisions ever made
by anyone in the Bible. “So they called Rebekah and asked her, “Will you go
with this man?’ ‘I will go,’ she said.” The word of God brings this question
to you now. What will your answer be? God the Father has sent his servant
to find a bride for his Son. His servant is here today to find out whether you
will have the Lord Jesus Christ as your husband. The servant in our text was
sent by Abraham to find a wife for his son, Isaac. “Abraham was now old
and well advanced in years,” and he wanted this matter taken care of before
he died. He put his chief servant under oath to find a wife for Isaac from his
own family, and not from the daughters of the Canaanites. Terah was the
father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran, who died in Ur of the Chaldeans. Terah
had taken Abram and his wife Sarai and his grandson Lot, and set out for
Canaan. But when they came to Haran, the place Terah named for his son
who had died, they settled there. Nahor must have followed them and settled
nearby after Abram had followed the Lord into the land of Canaan. Nahor
and his family had come out of Ur of the Chaldeans, but not all the way out.
Nevertheless, Abraham sent his servant to his own relatives in “the town of
Nahor.” His mission was to secure a wife from Abraham’s country and
family who would go with him to join Isaac in his stewardship of the
covenant of the promise. He sent the servant on his way under strict orders
that Isaac was not to go to her; she was to come to him.

Having received his commission, the chief servant took ten of his master’s
camels, a number of servants to help him, and “all kinds of good things from
his master.” He set out on his journey with the assurance that an angel of the
Lord would go with him to give him success. When he reached the well near
the town of Nahor, he prayed that the Lord God of Abraham would point out
to him his choice of a bride for Isaac. In answer to prayer, Rebekah, the
granddaughter of Nahor, came to the well. The servant was convinced she
was the one chosen by God to be Isaac’s bride. Eventually, the question was
put to her, “Will you go with this man?” In a similar way, the question is put
to you today. The servant of the Lord asks you to go and be united to Jesus
Christ. “Will you go with this man?” There was no doubt about Rebekah’s
answer. “I will go,” she said. What will be your answer? Before you give
your answer, there are things to consider, as there were for Rebekah.
In the first place, if you go you must believe what you have been told.

Rebekah had never seen Isaac, and it was unlikely that she had ever heard of
him. She had never seen the country where he lived. Probably no one in her
family had seen Isaac or his father, let alone visited them. If Rebekah made
the decision to go to be married to Isaac, she would have to believe what
Abraham’s servant told her about him. That is what he was sent to do, and
that is what he did. It is no surprise that the Bible places so much emphasis
on the details of the servant’s mission. His mission was to speak for the
master who had sent him, to tell about his son, and to return with a bride for
Isaac. If they had not heard of Isaac, they at least knew who Abraham was.
When the servant mentioned that Abraham was his master, the news of his
arrival caused great excitement in the household of Laban and Bethuel.
Laban went out to find him and hurried him into the house, anxious to
entertain him. But Abraham’s servant would not eat until he told them his
story. The basis on which he spoke, and the reason why they listened, was
because he began with these words: “I am Abraham’s servant” (verses 34-
49).

He began by telling them about the master he served. Every true servant
will do this because he has no identity or purpose apart from the master he
serves. The servant told about how the Lord had blessed his master with
great wealth. He talked about the sheep and cattle, the silver and gold, the
servants, the camels and the donkeys. But most important of all was the fact
that Abraham and Sarah had a son. This son was born to them in their old
age, and he was their only son. Isaac was the son of the promise. The Lord
gave him in fulfillment of his promise. This son was the heir of everything
Abraham owned. He was the son of no ordinary man, but the man whom
God had called into a special relationship with himself.

Then he went on to tell them about the oath that brought him to this
place. He was under oath not to seek a wife for Isaac from among the
Canaanites, but to find her among Abraham’s own people. He remembered
how Abraham had made him put his hand under his thigh, and “swear by the
Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth.” He knew that his mission
involved something much bigger than himself, and that it would have
consequences, not only for the future of Abraham’s family, but for the whole
world. He remembered Abraham saying with such resolution in his voice,
“The Lord, the God of heaven, who brought me out of my father’s
household and my native land and who spoke to me and promised me on
oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this land.’”

The servant told about the angel of the Lord who made his journey a
success. He spoke of how Abraham gave him that assurance when he
wondered what would happen if the woman would not go back with him.
There was no doubt whether he would find such a woman, but what if she
would not go? But the Lord, he said, would send his angel “so that you can
get a wife for my son from my own clan and from my father’s family.” The
servant could know that he had found one who met all the qualifications, but
if she would not go it would be her responsibility, not his. Whatever the
outcome, he knew that he had been faithful in his duty and that the blessing
of the Lord was upon him.

The servant next went on to say that he came in the name of the Lord,
the God of Abraham. “When I came to the spring today, I said, ‘O Lord,
God of my master Abraham.’” He had business to conduct, not just for his
master Abraham, but for the Lord of heaven and earth. He had some
understanding that his mission involved something of greater consequence
than finding a bride for Isaac. The Lord God of Abraham, who had given the
covenant promise that he would bless the world through Abraham’s seed,
had an interest in this transaction. He was not only Abraham’s servant, but a
servant of Abraham’s Lord. And so he had prayed that the Lord would guide
him and give him success. He testified to the fact that he felt that his prayers
were answered even before his prayers were ended. “Before I finished
praying in my heart, Rebekah came out.” There could be no mistaking the
fact that he came in the name of the Lord because he also worshipped the
Lord. He spoke as one convinced that he was led by the Lord. “As for me,
the Lord has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives”
(verses 26,27).

Then, finally, the servant gave her the ring and bracelets. These were
samples of the gifts and honor that would be bestowed on Rebekah if she
would go with this man. Everything that was his father’s now belonged to
Isaac, and it would all belong to Rebekah if she would consent to be his
wife. The servant told them about all this, but he also showed them proofs of
Isaac’s wealth and importance. Remember, he had brought ten camels and
“all kinds of good things from his master” (verse 10).
When sinners hear the story of the Lord Jesus Christ as told by a servant of
the Lord, they will go to him only if they believe what they have heard.
Faithful servants of the Lord tell about the master they serve. They speak in
his name because they are under solemn obligations to speak in no other
name. Their master has placed them under an oath to find a bride for his
Son. They preach in the hope that the Holy Spirit will give them success.
They put on display the glories and honors of the person of Jesus. They tell
of the wonders of his love for sinners. They speak of the riches of his grace
that he will give as a free gift to any and all who will consent to be married
to him. The question comes to them in the preaching of the gospel: “Will
you go with this man?” Unless they believe what they have heard, they will
not go.

“How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can
they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they
hear without someone preaching to them? And how can they preach unless
they are sent?” (Romans 10:14,15).

In the second place, if you go you must forsake the only life you have
ever known.

We have seen that when the Abraham’s servant met Rebekah at the well, it
was not by chance, it was not an accident, and it was not a coincidence. If
we did not have the Bible to tell us otherwise, we might think it was nothing
more than a chance meeting. People met at wells and socialized there all the
time. There was nothing unusual about it. The well was a likely place for
people to meet. In ancient times and in a dry climate the well was of vital
importance. When Isaac settled in the Valley of Gerar, he learned from
experience the importance men place on wells, whether in their own
possession or in the possession of their enemies. The Philistines envied
Isaac’s prosperity so they filled in the wells Abraham had dug. Even when
he relocated and dug new wells, the herdsmen of Gerar claimed the water as
their own. Finding water was like finding life itself (Genesis 26:12-33).

If you wanted water, you had to go to the well. People did not have private
sources of water. Usually there were not multiple sources of water. If a town
had a well, it was the fountain of life for the town. If there were no well,
there would be no town. The day began and ended with a trip to the well.
Those who had traveled over many miles of desert would want to find the
well before anything else. Sometimes, life-changing events could be traced
to a meeting at the well. In the case of Rebekah, her life would never be the
same because of a meeting at the well. But Rebekah was not the only one to
face such a crisis at a well.

We remember, for example, that the Lord met Hagar at a well. When
Hagar became pregnant “she began to despise her mistress.” Sarai’s response
was to treat her so badly that she ran away. But an angel of the Lord found
Hagar near a spring in the desert and spoke to her there in the name of the
Lord. The Lord assured her that she would have a son and many
descendants. She said, “You are the God who sees me.” The Bible says that
the well there was named for that occasion (Genesis 16:13,14). Hagar’s life,
for better or for worse, would never be the same.

We also know that Jacob met Rachel at a well. It was in many ways
almost a reenactment of his mother’s experience a generation earlier. Jacob
ran away from home after deceiving his father and swindling his brother out
of his birthright. It was all the result of the conniving of his mother,
Rebekah. In spite of herself, she did urge Isaac to send Jacob to her brother
Laban’s household to find a wife, lest he end up choosing one from among
the Canaanite women (Genesis 27:41-28:5). Isaac sent him on his way with
his blessing. At Bethel the Lord met him in a dream and confirmed the
covenant with him that he had made with Abraham and Isaac. Then the
Bible tells us that he “continued on his journey and came to the land of the
eastern peoples. There he saw a well in the field.” The rest is history. Just as
his mother ran to tell Laban’s household of the arrival of Abraham’s servant,
Rachel “ran and told her father” about Jacob, and her life was never the
same (Genesis 29:1-12).

There was also the meeting of Moses and Zipporah at a well. Moses fled
for his life after killing an Egyptian. The Bible tells us that he “went to live
in Midian, where he sat down by a well.” The priest of Midian had seven
daughters who came to draw water for their father’s flock. Some shepherds
gave them a hard time and Moses came to their rescue. The result was that
Zipporah was given to Moses in marriage, and her life was never the same
(Exodus 2:15-22).

But then, as if to tell us what all this means, Jesus encountered a woman
of Samaria at Jacob’s well, and her life was never the same (John 4:1-
26). Remember, if you go to Jesus, you will have to leave the only life you
have ever known. Here was a woman who had been leading an impure life.
Yet she pretended enough religion to perceive that Jesus was a prophet and
to talk about worshipping God. But Jesus soon made it clear that he had met
her there to teach her that worship was neither Samaritan nor Jewish, but in
spirit and in truth. This was why “he had to go through Samaria.” This was
why he “sat down by the well.” This was why he went out of his way to talk
to a woman, and a Samaritan woman at that. This was why he said to her,
“Will you give me a drink?” He wanted to offer her living water. He wanted
to reveal himself to her as the gift of God. He wanted her to understand that
water out of the well was of no use to anyone in contrast to the water that
had to do with eternal life. Jesus said,

“Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks
the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will
become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

But when she said, “Sir, give me this water,” Jesus said, “Go, call your
husband.” She could not have it both ways. She could not have Christ and
her sins. She had to leave her former life. Sinners who love the world more
than Jesus will not go to him. If you say, “I will go,” you will have to leave
the old life behind.

In the third place, if you go you must go now, and not delay.

In our text, the servant put the matter plainly to Laban and Bethuel, the
heads of the household: “Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to
my master, tell me; and if not, tell me, so I may know which way to turn”
(verse 49). The servant was sent by his master to find a bride for Isaac. He
believed he had been led to Rebekah in answer to his prayers and by the
blessing of the God of the covenant. He had given a full account of his
mission. Now there was only one question: What would be their response?
When he returned to his master, what answer would he bring? As far as
Laban and Bethuel were concerned, they could not deny that it was from the
Lord. They could not dispute the servant’s claims. They could not say
anything “one way or the other,” or, according to the KJV, “bad or good.”
Without much thought they gave their consent. “Here is Rebekah; take her
and go, and let her become the wife of your master’s son, as the Lord has
directed” (verse 51). The servant was so gratified with their answer that he
“bowed down to the ground before the Lord.” He could only take it as an
added confirmation from the Lord that he had been blessed with success. He
lavished more gifts of jewelry and clothing on Rebekah, and “gave costly
gifts to her brother and to her mother.” Then, and only then, did he and his
men eat and drink and settle down for the night.

But tomorrow was a new day. We can only imagine the servant’s confusion
and surprise when he was greeted in the morning with a request that
Rebekah’s departure be delayed for at least ten days. It reminds us that
Abraham’s relatives had not moved as far from Ur of the Chaldeans as he
had moved. They had come out, but not all the way out. They had gotten out
of Ur of the Chaldeans, but it appears that Ur of the Chaldeans had not
gotten out of them. We cannot help noticing that Laban took special notice
of the ring and bracelets the servant gave to Rebekah. He was the head of a
worldly household whose hearts may still have been in Ur of the Chaldeans.
This is why they could say on one day, “This is from the Lord,” but on the
next day, “Let the girl remain with us ten days or so.” In the same way,
worldly people are double-minded about such things as making sure of a
saving relationship with Jesus Christ. Go if you must, but not so fast. Go if
you must, but there are other things to do first. Go if you must, but not now.
Go if you must, but not yet. Go if you must, but wait until you are older. Go
if you must, but wait until you are better. Go if you must, but wait until it is
more advantageous. Go if you must, but what is in it for you? “Let the girl
remain with us ten days or so; then you may go.” The servant of the Lord
comes with a clear demand to go now, but the world always says, “Not
now.” Why do people delay going to Christ? They delay for many of the
same reasons Rebekah could have been persuaded to delay going to be
married to Isaac.

She could have delayed because she had never seen Isaac or the country
where he lived. Why should she believe in someone she had never seen?
Why should she believe the reports about a country she had never personally
visited? What if none of it was true? What if there was nothing to it? But
when the question was put to Rebekah, “Will you go with this man?” she
said, “I will go.” She had to believe what she had been told. The Samaritan
woman said to the people of the town, “Come, see a man who told me
everything I ever did.” The result was that “they came out of the town and
made their way toward him” and “many Samaritans from that town believed
in him because of her testimony” (John 4:29,30,39). All those who have ever
gone to meet the Lord Jesus have gone because they believed the good news
that was reported to them about him. The gospel is that good news. The
angel announced it to the shepherds and they said, “Let us go to Bethlehem
and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about”
(Luke 2:15). The apostle Paul preached the gospel in Corinth. He told them
“that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried,
that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he
appeared…” It was the message about Jesus Christ. Many received it and
they were saved (I Corinthians 15:1-5). Peter said that the apostles were
“eyewitnesses” of Jesus Christ (II Peter 1:16-18). They reported what they
saw and heard. John said, “We proclaim to you what we have seen and
heard” (I John 1:3). Sinners who hear about the Lord Jesus as he is presented
in the gospel are hearing a trustworthy and reliable report about him. They
refuse to believe at their own peril.

Rebekah was given much to see and hear. If there was nothing to it, what did
everything mean that her eyes could see and her ears could hear? What about
the camels and the servants, the hundreds of difficult miles traveled, the gold
and the silver, the jewelry and the clothing? What was the meaning of all the
generous gifts if they were not pledges of Isaac’s love? What could it
possibly mean that this servant had constantly invoked the name of the Lord
God of Abraham? Why would he make so much of his favor, his kindness,
and his faithfulness to Abraham? How could it be that he had come to this
place, of all places, seeking a bride for Isaac? Why would he pass by other
places and countless other maidens? No wonder when they asked her, “Will
you go with this man,” her answer was prompt: “I will go,” she said. And yet
sinners refuse to go to Christ in the face of much greater and more
convincing evidence. They have had not just one servant, but many servants
sent to them. Many times they have been asked, “Will you go with this
man?” They live all their lives surrounded with gospel privileges. They have
Bibles, books, radio and television programs, conferences and seminars
without number. They can tell you from memory the story of Jesus and his
love. But they do not believe it themselves. When you ask them, “Will you
go with this man?” their answer is that they have never been satisfied that
there is enough truth in it to convince them. Sinner, if you will not be
persuaded to go to Jesus with all that you have heard of him, like the
brothers of the rich man in hell, you “will not be convinced even if someone
rises from the dead” (Luke 16:31).

She could have delayed because she was unwilling to leave the life she
had known. We have already seen that Rebekah’s encounter with
Abraham’s servant at the well was one that would change her life forever.
She could not go with him to marry Isaac and bring her old life with her. She
had to do what the bride in Psalm 45:10 was commanded to do: “Forget your
people and your father’s house.” If she was not willing to leave the old life
behind, she would not and could not go. Her family members were evidently
of a mind to hold on to their worldly ways, and they counseled her to do the
same. This will always be the counsel of the ungodly to anyone who
considers going to meet Jesus. They advise caution against leaving the world
in which they were born, the world in which they were raised, the world
with which they were so comfortable, the world they loved so much. They
caution against being too hasty. “Let the girl remain with us ten days or so.”
But just as Rebekah understood the necessity of leaving the old life, so do all
who resolve to go to Jesus. Jesus said, “Anyone who loves his father or
mother more than me is not worthy of me…Whoever finds his life will lose
it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it” (Matthew 10:37-39).
“Whoever serves me must follow me” (John 12:26). What they receive more
than compensates for what they leave behind. They cross over from death to
life (John 5:24). They come out of darkness and into his marvelous light (I
Peter 2:9). They leave their earthly house and gain a heavenly home (John
14:3). They leave old things behind and all things become new (II
Corinthians 5:17). They leave the old world that is passing away and gain
the new heavens and new earth. No one who has gone to Jesus has ever
wished to return to his former life. “Anyone who trusts in him will never be
put to shame” (Romans 10:11). Go to Jesus, because “no eye has seen, no
ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who
love him” (I Corinthians 2:9). The life that is lost is nothing in contrast to the
life gained.

“But you have come to Mount Zion, to the heavenly Jerusalem, the city of
the living God. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in
joyful assembly, to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in
heaven. You have come to God, the judge of all men, to the spirits of
righteous men made perfect, to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to
the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel. SEE
TO IT THAT YOU DO NOT REFUSE HIM WHO SPEAKS” (Hebrews
12:22-25).

She could have delayed because the way she was asked to go was long
and dangerous. For Rebekah it was a journey of hundreds of miles through
the desert. It was a way she knew nothing about. She had never been away
from home and she could have refused to go on that account alone. She
could have convinced herself that it was foolhardy to attempt such a trip.
She would be placing herself under the care of total strangers. She might
wonder if they would protect her when danger approached. Was it realistic to
believe that she would ever see Isaac at all? But again, when they asked her,
“Will you go with this man?” her answer was the same. “I will go,” she said.
This is how sinners are expected to answer when they are called to go to
Jesus. But many hesitate because of the difficulties involved. They count the
cost and decide that the cost is too high. They cannot accept the fact that we
must go through much tribulation to enter the kingdom of God (Acts 14:22).
They want an easy road as they travel to heaven, but Jesus assures us, “In
this world you will have trouble” (John 16:33). The apostle Paul reminded
the Roman believers,

“Now if we are children, then we are heirs – heirs of God and co-heirs with
Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in
his glory” (Romans 8:17).

Those who argue delay because of the difficulties of the way are in favor of
being children and heirs and sharing in the glory, but they want nothing to do
with “the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings” (Philippians 3:10). Rather
than start out on the narrow road that leads to life, they choose rather to stay
on the broad road that leads to destruction (Matthew 7:13,14). They
foolishly imagine that the way to destruction is easier, forgetting that “the
way of the transgressor is hard” (Proverbs 13:15). Sinners are willing to
overcome greater obstacles in order to land in hell than saints must contend
with on the way to heaven.

She could have delayed because she might become homesick for her old
life. Many never secure an interest in Christ because they are afraid they will
not persevere. They reason that it is better not to start out, than to start and
not finish the race. They are concerned about the humiliation and ridicule
that is sure to come if they turn back because they can’t stand to be away
from “home.” Furthermore, they often pretend that they worry about
bringing dishonor to the name of Christ if it turns out that they love the
world more than they love him. Rebekah could easily have reasoned in a
similar way. But this would have been the greatest hypocrisy. Instead she
said, “I will go.” She knew that it would bring greater dishonor upon Isaac if
she refused to go. She knew that it would be an affront to all the tokens and
assurances of his faithfulness and love if she brushed them aside. She knew
that it would be no sign of honor and respect to Isaac if she remained a
stranger to him. So it is with those who are bidden to go to Christ. To refuse
to go to him out of a concern that we may dishonor him in any way is to say
that we honor him more by being his enemies. It is to say that we are better
off estranged from him than united to him. It is to give a resounding “No!”
to the question, “Will you go with this man?”

She could have delayed because she knew she was unworthy of the man
who had been described to her. Because of a sense of false modesty many
refuse to go to Christ. They fail to understand that unworthiness is what
qualifies them for a relationship with Christ. “It is not the healthy who need
a doctor, but the sick.” He came to call sinners, not the righteous, to
repentance (Luke 5:31,32). The centurion who did not consider himself
worthy to come to Christ, was the man about whom Jesus said in
amazement, “I have not found such great faith even in Israel” (Luke 7:7,9).
The son who ran away from his father’s house and came to the conviction
that he was no longer worthy to be called his son was welcomed with great
celebration (Luke 15:21-24). It was the tax collector who said, “God, have
mercy on me, a sinner,” that “went home justified before God” (Luke
18:13,14). It was to the house of Zachaeus, the “sinner,” that the Lord Jesus
brought salvation, “for the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was
lost” (Luke 19:1-10).

For Rebekah the choice was clear. Though all of these objections were
possible, she made none of them. We would be astonished if she had refused
the offer to go and become the wife of Isaac. It was clearly the will of God.
She was invited to join the family of Abraham and to share in all the
blessings promised to him. His was no ordinary family, but one that God had
separated from all the families of the earth. The servant had come to her
from the man to whom the Lord of heaven and earth had revealed himself.
He came in the company of a heavenly messenger. Abraham’s household
was the one location in a world of darkness where the one true God had
given light. Rebekah was not asked to go to some dark and remote place to
become the slave of some tyrant. She was bidden to go to a place chosen by
God to be married to a man who was blessed by God. She was to become his
partner in the blessings and promises of the covenant. Everything that was
his would belong to her. And she was selected out of all the women in the
world for this favored union. There were no doubt numerous young women
of Canaan with whom Isaac could have formed this union. But in the
purpose of God all of them were passed by in order that Rebekah might
become the object of his love. “I will go,” she said.
The word of God brings this question before you for your personal
consideration. If Rebekah had good and sufficient reasons to go and become
a bride for Isaac, you have even greater warrant for going to be a bride for
Jesus Christ. “Will you go with this man?” This man is only a servant of the
most high God who has tried to tell you about God’s Son. I have assured you
that he is willing to have you, if you are willing to go to him. Will you go? I
have not asked you to go to some God-forsaken place, to be united to
someone of questionable character and reputation. I have asked you to be
united to Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, the one with whom his Father is
well pleased. I have asked you to go with me to the heavenly Canaan. It is
the place where darkness, sorrow, sin, and death are forever banished. The
Lord Jesus has gone to his Father’s house to prepare a place for his bride. I
am inviting you to join the whole family in heaven and on earth who have
taken his name as their own. I am asking you to become heirs of God and
co-heirs with Jesus Christ. In him are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and
knowledge. In union with him you will have a clear title to eternal life and
all the rich treasure of his eternal kingdom. If you will agree to be united to
God’s Son, you will become a child of God. The full inheritance of the saints
will be yours. Though the way may seem difficult at times, one day you will
see his face.

“Will you go with this man?” The Lord Jesus is entitled to know your
answer. He is entitled to have it now. God has spoken to you about his Son.
You have had the privilege of hearing about him many times. There is
nothing more that you need to know. You should not expect God to show
you something you have not already heard. You know that God created the
world for the purpose of glorifying his grace in salvation. You know that
Jesus went to the cross to redeem the bride that he has loved with an
everlasting love. Why should you hesitate to go to him when he did not
hesitate to come to you?

“He saw me plunged in deep distress and flew to my relief;

For me He bore the shameful cross and carried all my grief.”
(Samuel Stennett)