Re-opening the Wells

 Genesis 25-26; Psalms 6; Luke 10

“…the Philistines envied him. So all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the time of his father Abraham, the Philistines stopped up, filling them with earth…Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the time of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died, and he gave them the same names…”

Genesis 26:14, 15, 18

What is the significance of Isaac reopening the wells that had been dug by his father Abraham?

Those wells represented life, as well as Abraham’s inheritance. God gave Abraham a large territory; the wells were the expression of occupying the land.

What spiritual inheritance are we called to reclaim?

We face an enemy who wants to cut off our source of life and drive us away from our inheritance in God. Through repentance and intercession we, too, can dig out the wells of salvation from our spiritual forefathers. As those who live by faith in Christ, we are the seed of Abraham and the fulfillment of the promise given to him, that through him all nations on earth will be blessed. The well of salvation and the life of the Spirit are for all nations.

What wells are we being called to reopen?

“Lord Jesus, you alone offer living water. Restore salvation in every part of our extended family, for your glory.”