During her fast yesterday my wife had a clear thought enter her mind. Something she felt God was telling her while she was praying for our daughter and son-in-law in Texas. She quickly wrote it down and later shared with her.
When I read her message I immediately asked if I could share it on my blog. She said yes. So here it is.
What has always caught my attention is the wells in the lives of Abraham and Isaac, but I only truly understood them today.
Imagine that you are migrating at God’s command from the Fertile Crescent, where everything is watered by rivers, where there is abundance, where everything is fruitful. Then you arrive in the Promised Land, which Moses later, in fact, calls the land flowing with milk and honey.
Although it is true that the Promised Land was rich in vineyards, olive trees, fig trees, dates, and palm trees, it was also true that water was not abundant, or at least not in the same way it was in the Fertile Crescent, Abraham’s homeland, where he grew up and lived until he was 75 years old, in places watered by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which brought abundant fertility to all those lands.
They irrigated their crops with canals and used wells to supply water, but not to survive. By contrast, when they arrived in the Promised Land, the reality was different, and in the end it could be challenging for anyone in that situation, especially when it comes to faith.
It is not easy for the human mind to understand why God asks Abraham to make this move, from an extremely fertile land to another with serious challenges and difficulties.
From a human perspective, the call seemed like a contradiction: leaving visible security to depend on an invisible provision.
And it is no coincidence that this is part of the biblical narrative. God wants to teach us what it means to live according to His will and, above all, what it truly means to live by faith.
The first thing to consider is the depth of the wells. The water that Abraham could once obtain or find in plain sight now had to be reached by digging deep. This reminds us that the Promised Land is not the land of the superficial; it is the land of deep seeking. And this also relates to a new and deeper pursuit of God. If I want water in my deserts, I must seek God in the secret place and in the depths.
But it also speaks to me of faith in action. The kind of faith that not only actively depends on God and His provision, but also moves to find what the soul needs in order to be satisfied.
Second. It speaks to me of adaptability, change management, and resourcefulness. It is interesting that we never see Abraham complaining in the book of Genesis; on the contrary, we see him prospering. He was a man who adapted remarkably well to change and understood that he could no longer do things the way they were done in Mesopotamia, but with the resources available in his new reality. This also speaks of creativity and humility. Abraham was teachable and adapted his life to this new technology. I also would not rule out the possibility that he may have developed some new technology that helped him become more effective in his search for the precious and much-needed water.
Finally, this story speaks to me about legacy and inheritance. Every well was not simply a well; each one told a story, an achievement, a victory given by God. That is why they were given names; they had a character and a symbolism that reflected God’s work throughout Abraham’s journey in the Promised Land. But what is beautiful is that this was passed on to the next generations, and despite the envy of the neighbors who filled in Abraham’s wells, Isaac was able to reopen them and, in fact, find some new ones of his own, which undoubtedly helped strengthen his faith and build his own personal relationship with God.
Your achievements with God, “the wells He gives you in your Promised Land,” will be tomorrow’s water for your generations.
So, if you have obeyed God’s calling, do not worry if at times you cannot see abundant water—that is, God’s provision, His answer, or whatever meets your need. The truth is that what you long for is there in abundance, deep below the surface, waiting for you to see it—not with your natural eyes, but with the eyes that can see beyond what is superficial, beyond what is earthly; those eyes that see the new things God is showing and has reserved especially for you.
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Good bless you all,
To God be the glory.
Randy
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