Gen 26:18 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged 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.
Gen 26:19 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
Every time I have read or heard the story of Isaac's experience in Gen. 26:15,18 of how the Philistines filled or stopped the wells that His Father had dug, I have always understood it in the context of past revivals or moves of God by our fathers of faith being restored. In terms of reclaiming such lost ground or move of God they had.
I still believe that this is the most accurate contextual meaning of this scripture.
However, today this scripture came to my heart in another light. As it flashed upon my heart, it was not directed as a move of God through father's of faith, but at myself.
You see, John 4:13-14 speaks of a well that Jesus digs in every believer filled with the Holy Spirit and how that well is supposed to flow unto everlasting life.
We may not have considered this, but just as wells of the move of God can be stopped in territories, so can it in our lives.
Have you had times when you seem to lose your joy in the spirit? When singing a song, prayer or Bible Study is difficult and uninteresting? When witnessing is impossible. When there is lack of Joy within. When encounters with God are non-existent and hearing from God is difficult. Then the wells might have been blocked.
The things that block our wells may be sin, disobedience to instructions, lack of desire for God etc
I believe that the time has come for the wells to be redug again. It's time to begin to pray over our lives and land, that the wells that have began, that have become clogged, will be unstopped.
To unblock the wells we must be deliberate, just as Isaac's servants were. They redug the wells!
Make an effort, take a fast, study your Bible, wake up and pray at Night.
Do whatever it takes for a restoration of that sweet communion with God's Spirit.
Re-dig your wells starting from today!
The good thing about this is, if you found water before, you can find it again. God bless you as you arise and dig
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