Read Gen. 26:18-22
The Philistines had stopped up the wells that Abraham had dug and named to claim the land. Isaac redug them (don’t know if that is a word!). By doing this, Isaac was reclaiming the land and the promises of his father. He renamed them the names that his father had called them. It is interesting that this very thing has happened in the Middle East. The Arabs have taken the land and renamed the cities. The devil does that in our lives. He takes our peace and renames it stress. He steals our time and replaces it with business. When Isaac dug in the valley, he found a spring of living water. In the valley is where we usually find the truth. We are to be lights which shine brightest in the dark. This world is going to get very dark, but we will shine brighter. It is a good time to be on the earth for Christians. We are going to see the grace and power of God like no other generation has seen it! But like Isaac, it will not come without a fight. When he redug his father’s wells the other herdsmen fought against him and tried to keep him from digging. The names of the wells were Esek and Sitnah which mean “strife” and “accusations”. These are the two things that will come against us when we decide we are going to take back our inheritance from the devil. A well symbolizes going deeper for the living water. We can stay on the surface and never learn the deep things of God: his ways, his secrets, etc. or we can dig deep into the well of God and search for the deep living water of the Word. It is worth the fight to do deeper. By the third well, the devil had given up and they got it peacefully. They called this well: Rehoboth which means “broad places”. Once you win some battle, the way gets smoother and the devil gets tired of fighting. But, he will come back.
Lord, we long to go deeper into you and drink from your living waters.
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