Thursday, January 11, 2018

Wells of Well Being

UV 2882/10000 Wells of Well Being
For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
Genesis 26 v 15
The Philistines in this uni-verse are the people of the world who envy the people of the word. The more the people of the word are blessed, the envy of the people of this world increases. The wells dug by his father Abraham were filled with mud by their enemies out of envy. Similarly, the enemy of our souls attempts to fill our wells of blessing with mud so that we cannot access it or drink or enjoy the blessings. Like Isaac, we should re-dig the wells of our blessings. We re-dig the wells of blessings by prayer, praise, thanksgiving, diligent study, meditation and application of the word.
Each promise or uni-verse is a well of blessing. The prophet Isaiah wrote that we should draw with joy the water or eternal truths needed for life and well being from these wells. Each uni-verse is a spring of everlasting blessing that will never dry up. But it can be blocked by our unbelief, by our sins, by the wilful acts of the enemy of our souls. The responsibility of digging hidden or buried truths is ours. We should be always alert and vigilant at this strategy of the enemy to cover our spiritual assets and prevent us from benefitting. Some of the blessings we enjoy are ancestral- due to the faith and obedience of our fathers or forefathers. Some are dug by us to pass on as a source of blessing to our heirs-physical and spiritual. The water in each well is unique and different suited for different purposes- some are useful to water the plants, some for the animals to drink, some are sweet water meant for human consumption. The water or word will be useful to bless, to heal, to quench thirst, to wash, to clean, to anoint, to cool, to refresh, to strengthen. Some wells dry up in famine while some are perennial. As we use the different wells, we flourish like a spiritual oasis of faith in the desert of human reason.
The Lord wants us to be like Joseph who was a fruitful bough whose branches overhang the walls of the well around which he was planted-meaning that he was the source of blessings to many in his generation and succeeding generations. He wants us not only to be consumers of blessings but producers. We are to be a fruitful vine around His table, yielding fruit worthy of the Lord that He can taste and enjoy. We will be able to produce fruit in all seasons and every month, nay every day of our lives. Like many people in this world, we may not be able to laugh all the way to the bank but like Isaac we can sit and laugh with joy on the banks of our wells, on the bank of the river of God that feeds our wells and be graceful, gracious and grateful like Isaac.
Prateep V Philip

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