And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not, and houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; Deuteronomy 6:10-15
When the Lord dropped this topic in my spirit, I wasn’t grappling with the idea of new wells in the natural sense but more so curious of which direction He was going spiritually. After spending a significant amount of time researching wells, I realized that it wasn’t really about the wells per se, even though in biblical days, men digging wells had specific purposes and meaning, but mainly, it was for the water supply to maintain life. Of course, water being an essential for life … it is the "principal thing necessary for the life of man."
In this passage, Moses is using his persuasion to get the children of Israel to be obedient to the commandments of God. In their obedience, he tells them specifically, how God will bless them. In our obedience to the Lord comes favor, mercy, and grace, and as the scripture so wonderfully stated, “houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not.”
As I meditated on that, I begin to think about my traveling over 2000 miles (thank God not on foot) to a land that I didn’t know; to a city that was unfamiliar without specific details of the how or the why. Yet, never losing sight of the fact (as painful as it was) of why I’m here on this earth and that I’m just sojourning through. Also, how God has made provisions in every area, how He showed me the new wells that sprang up on my behalf to sustain my life. And this as a direct result of living purposely for God, whom I say I love and serve. Like the children of Israel, as the people of God, we oftentimes tend to take our water supply for granted. There is an old phrase that says, “you never miss the water until the well runs dry.” God has no plans to leave us nor forsake us but we must remember that He is the living water, our source of life, our sustainer, the principal thing necessary to maintain our life. Without Him, we can do nothing and without Him, there is no life. Also keeping in mind and remembering not my own selfish gains but pursuing God’s plan for my life while thinking of the people that He has purposed for me to reach wherever He sends me, even if it’s just for one soul.
Simply speaking, the Lord shows us what can happen in our obedience to His Word, to His leading. We shall reap the benefits of our obedience and reverence for God. He will allow us to see the evidence of His love in tangible ways and He has certainly shown Himself faithful to me. The Word tells me that if we give of our ourselves (in any capacity) that is shall be given back to us, good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, “shall” men give into our bosoms (Luke 6:38).
I see God allowing new wells of living water to spring up, and additional streams flowing in from all corners of the earth into our lives. We don’t know from where or from whom our blessings will flow. We will begin to see ways being made and doors being opened; being blessed by others and we will begin to see others sowing into our lives because of our obedience to the Lord. I don’t know about you but that excites me to think of how blessings flow because I am in the will of God. David said, the Lord will give grave and glory; no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly (Psalm 84:11).
Until the morning, be blessed,
Cynde
When the Lord dropped this topic in my spirit, I wasn’t grappling with the idea of new wells in the natural sense but more so curious of which direction He was going spiritually. After spending a significant amount of time researching wells, I realized that it wasn’t really about the wells per se, even though in biblical days, men digging wells had specific purposes and meaning, but mainly, it was for the water supply to maintain life. Of course, water being an essential for life … it is the "principal thing necessary for the life of man."
In this passage, Moses is using his persuasion to get the children of Israel to be obedient to the commandments of God. In their obedience, he tells them specifically, how God will bless them. In our obedience to the Lord comes favor, mercy, and grace, and as the scripture so wonderfully stated, “houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not.”
As I meditated on that, I begin to think about my traveling over 2000 miles (thank God not on foot) to a land that I didn’t know; to a city that was unfamiliar without specific details of the how or the why. Yet, never losing sight of the fact (as painful as it was) of why I’m here on this earth and that I’m just sojourning through. Also, how God has made provisions in every area, how He showed me the new wells that sprang up on my behalf to sustain my life. And this as a direct result of living purposely for God, whom I say I love and serve. Like the children of Israel, as the people of God, we oftentimes tend to take our water supply for granted. There is an old phrase that says, “you never miss the water until the well runs dry.” God has no plans to leave us nor forsake us but we must remember that He is the living water, our source of life, our sustainer, the principal thing necessary to maintain our life. Without Him, we can do nothing and without Him, there is no life. Also keeping in mind and remembering not my own selfish gains but pursuing God’s plan for my life while thinking of the people that He has purposed for me to reach wherever He sends me, even if it’s just for one soul.
Simply speaking, the Lord shows us what can happen in our obedience to His Word, to His leading. We shall reap the benefits of our obedience and reverence for God. He will allow us to see the evidence of His love in tangible ways and He has certainly shown Himself faithful to me. The Word tells me that if we give of our ourselves (in any capacity) that is shall be given back to us, good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, “shall” men give into our bosoms (Luke 6:38).
I see God allowing new wells of living water to spring up, and additional streams flowing in from all corners of the earth into our lives. We don’t know from where or from whom our blessings will flow. We will begin to see ways being made and doors being opened; being blessed by others and we will begin to see others sowing into our lives because of our obedience to the Lord. I don’t know about you but that excites me to think of how blessings flow because I am in the will of God. David said, the Lord will give grave and glory; no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly (Psalm 84:11).
Until the morning, be blessed,
Cynde
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