The Well
You Are Not Reading This By Chance – It Is THE WILL of GOD for You!
Penned by Pastor Bobbi Cloyd
Inspired by The HOLY SPIRIT
There is a story in the Bible in Genesis chapter 26, beginning with verse 1, “And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar. 15, “For all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them and filled them with earth. (16) And Abimelech said unto Isaac, go from us for you are much mightier than we. (17) And Isaac departed there and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar and dwelt there. (18) 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 after the death of Abraham, and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. (19) And Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found there a well of springing water. (20) And the herdsmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, the water is ours, and he called the name of the well Esek because they strove with him. (21) And they dug another well and strove for that also, and he called the name of it Sitnah. (Sitnah means hatred) (22) And he removed from thence and dug another well, and for that, they strove not, and he called the name of it Rehoboth, and he said, for now, the LORD has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.”
You see, Isaac did not strive with those who strove against him. He just dug another well. Isaac knew who he was, that THE LORD was with him and on his side, and that no man could thwart GOD’s plans. Isaac trusted in GOD, not in the ill will of men. Isaac believed that GOD would do what GOD said HE would do.
Isaac just dug another well.
In the end, Isaac named the last well, “Rehoboth, “For now THE LORD has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.” Isaac knew that if GOD allowed it – there was a reason for it, and GOD would bring HIM through, not just through, but to a fruitful end.
When people strive against us and even do wrong – look to THE LORD for where our help comes from – don’t strive with man. Dig Another Well.
When people rise against us for no reason and do ill to us in the sight of GOD and man – give it all to GOD, for vengeance is HIS, and HE will repay. Go Dig Another Well
When GOD is blessing us, there will be people who will be blessed in the overflow of that blessing. However, they might believe they are being blessed, or they might not see that the LORD has HIS hands on you and that they are blessed because of you. These people might even become jealous of you and act out in an ill way because of it. Remember, if GOD doesn’t block it – it was meant to be. Dig Another Well.
We have to be like Isaac and be comfortable knowing that GOD is our all and all and we are HIS. If GOD is for you, it does not matter who or what is against you. Stay faithful in your righteousness and Go And Dig Another Well.
Amen
The People's CHRIST
Penned by Minister Charles Spurgeon
Inspired by The HOLY SPIRIT
HE was not man, and GOD Amalgamated—the two natures suffered no confusion—HE was very GOD, without the diminution of HIS essence or attributes. And HE was equally, verily and truly, man. It is as a man I speak of JESUS this morning, and it rejoices my heart when I can view the human side of that glorious miracle of incarnation, and can deal with JESUS CHRIST as my Brother—inhabitant of the same mortality, wrestler with the same pains and ills, companion in the march of life, and for a little while, a fellow-sleeper in the cold chamber of death…
I have a great brother in heaven. I have heard boys say sometimes in the street that they would tell their brother, and I have often said so when the enemy has attacked me—“I will tell my BROTHER in Heaven.” I may be poor, but I have a BROTHER who is rich. I have a BROTHER who is A KING. I am brother to THE PRINCE OF THE KINGS of the earth, and will HE suffer me to starve, or want, or lack, while HE is on HIS Throne? Oh! no, HE Loves me. HE has fraternal feelings towards me. He is my BROTHER. But more than that think, O believer! CHRIST is not merely your BROTHER, but HE is your HUSBAND. “Your MAKER is your HUSBAND; THE LORD OF HOSTS is HIS NAME.” It rejoices the wife to lean her head on the broad breast of her HUSBAND, in full assurance that HIS Arms will be strong to labor for her, or defend her, that HIS Heart ever throbs with love to her, and that all HE Has, and is, belongs to her, as the sharer of HIS Existence. Amen.
The Marriage Proposal
Penned by Brother Jimmy Molands
Inspired by THE HOLY SPIRIT
Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by THE BODY OF CHRIST; that ye should be married to another, even to HIM who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto GOD (Romans 7:4)
That you should be married to another, says Paul. Here in Romans, Paul describes how we are free from the law, or better yet, how to get free. We are free in standing, but can we say we are free in grace?
I find that, in all truth, I am not under the law, but the law does not go away simply by understanding this all-important truth.
There is always a measure of this yoke, even to this day, where I find myself under the law.
We are dead to the law by THE BODY OF CHRIST. True, HE died, so I died. But we can’t stop there. We must go on being married to another so that we can bring forth fruit unto GOD.
In many cultures, marriage varies, but they generally share one thing in common. The final “I do,” or the wedding vow, completes the marriage. It is in the vow, or the decision, that the act of marriage is completed.
Before we are married, there is love, adoration, desire, and longing, but the decision requires thought and an understanding of your lifelong commitment.
To haphazardly join in union with another person invites disaster, as is happening in the world.
The proposal is more than loving the other, which is the reason you get married; it is an unbreakable vow by both parties that can’t be unbound. It is the decision, once and for all, to love your partner for the rest of your life through thick and thin, in health and wealth, in poverty or ruin.
In THE BODY OF CHRIST, we find the calling to be married to HIM so that we can bring forth fruit unto GOD.
This invitation is extended to all.
Do you love GOD? Do you find HIM more desirable than anything in this present world? Then say, “I do.” It is a decision, an act of submission and surrender, a once-and-for-all commitment that never has to be repeated.
In return, GOD has entered into the same commitment, surrendering HIS All to you. HE has vowed to prepare you to be HIS Bride.
To love you, no matter your failings or shortcomings. To endow you with all of HIS glory.
To change you so that you will bring forth fruit that is well-pleasing in HIS sight. This is an unbreakable marriage. Amen