In biblical times as described in the Old Testament few things were of more importance than wells. The landscape was dry and rocky. Water was scarce, yet desperately needed for personal hydration, watering livestock, and for growing crops. The hard earth’s surface made digging wells difficult, so productive wells were highly cherished. When the Philistines opposed Isaac, they tried to stop the blessing of God upon his life by stopping up his wells or just forcing him to leave a well to find another source of water. Adding to the drama of the story described in Genesis 26 is a drought making water even more scarce and valuable.

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I was Once Blind but Now I See Is our ability to see God blinded? It seems that our world is slowly going blind to God and what He has provided for us. The laws are turning their backs on the Bible, prayer, and displays that show the Ten Commandments. The majority of the people [...]

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God plants, prospers, and provides. . We are not called to work hard at being relaxed or hurry to learn how to be patient. As we allow God’s Word to abide in us, God uses His Word to produce patience, peace, and joy. The metaphor of fruit also reminds us that an unseen force is working in us to produce something profitable. We don’t produce the streams of water that hydrate our soul, but the seed of the Word and Living Water create in us something beautiful and profitable

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Yes it’s true, I may not always understand the mind of God because His ways are higher than mine but I do trust the heart of God and when He says, “Don’t worry, talk to Me, praise Me,” I can and I will because there’s nothing like getting the peace He gives that passes understanding, guarding my anxious thoughts and hurting heart.

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