by Nuru ya Upendo | 30 November 2019 08:46 pm11
THE WELL OF LIVING WATER IS STILL THE SAME ANCIENT WELL
Shalom! Blessed be the Name of our Lord JESUS CHRIST forever. Today we will once again study the life of Isaac, and see what the Lord wants us to learn through our fathers of faith. God identifies Himself as “the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob” and stops there. This has great significance. Therefore, we must carefully study these three men because many mysteries of the Kingdom are hidden in them.
Isaac’s Relocation
In Genesis 26, we read of a time when severe famine struck the land. Isaac had to temporarily relocate and dwell among the Philistines. While there, the Lord prospered him exceedingly until he became very wealthy, to the point that the locals envied and expelled him. Yet while there, he still needed wells of water for his flocks, servants, and household.
But notice this: Isaac did not dig any brand-new wells. Instead, he reopened the same wells that his father Abraham had dug long ago, which the Philistines had stopped up. This is the key lesson of today.
Scripture Reading
Genesis 26:15–18 (NKJV)
> “Now the Philistines had stopped up all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, and they had filled them with earth.
And Abimelech said to Isaac, ‘Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we.’
Then Isaac departed from there and pitched his tent in the Valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
And Isaac dug again the wells of water which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham. He called them by the names which his father had called them.”
Although Isaac was rich and capable of digging new wells, he chose to restore the old wells of his father. He understood something profound: not every well in front of you contains living water.
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LESSON FOR US IN THE NEW COVENANT
Even today there are many “wells” that claim to quench our thirst—knowledge, business, leadership, talent, fame, wealth. But there is only one true Well that gives living water—the Well opened at Pentecost through the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
Since that first Pentecost, the enemy has tried to stop up this Well. During the long Dark Ages, it appeared hidden. But from the 15th century onward, God raised reformers like John Calvin, Martin Luther, John Wesley, and many others to reopen the Well. By the early 20th century (1906 Azusa Street Revival), the Well burst forth again with the same waters of the original Apostolic Pentecost—healing, prophecy, gifts of the Spirit—through men like William Seymour, William Branham, and others.
It is the same Holy Spirit who was poured out at Pentecost that still flows today in this last age of the Church—Laodicea.
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The Promise of Living Water
John 7:37–39 (NKJV)
> “On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, ‘If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’ But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive…”
Do not neglect these waters of life. Sadly, many still seek water in other wells, though this one Well is freely flowing. Brother, Sister—if you continue to play with this grace, a time will come when you will thirst for just a drop, but it will be too late.
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The Warning from the Rich Man
The rich man in Luke 16:24 who cried from hell, asking Lazarus to dip his finger in water to cool his tongue, was not asking for tap water. He longed for the Living Water of salvation that he had neglected. It was too late. That is why he begged that his brothers be warned through the preaching of the gospel.
What good will it do if you gain wealth, education, or fame, yet at death find yourself in torment? Why not seek the one thing that guarantees not only life here on earth but eternal life to come?
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Final Invitation
Do not despise the Well of living water—the same Well the Apostles drank from. Other wells are false. Only this one brings eternal life.
Revelation 21:6 (NKJV)
> “And He said to me, ‘It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts.’”
Amen!
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