"Well, Well, Well!"

When someone has sighed, “Well, well, well”, sometimes they are responded to by another saying, “That’s a deep subject for a shallow mind.” Well, some wells truly are deep. Drilling must go down to whatever depth the water table or underground spring might be. When the fresh water source is found, the landowner rejoices as they look forward to the refreshment they will have for years to come. However, not all wells are alike. The farm on which my wife grew up had its own well and the water was very good. A drink from that well was truly something to look forward to enjoying. It was REFRESHING and SATISFYING. It did not disappoint. I have also taken a drink from wells that had a lot of minerals and I really had to be thirsty to even consider drinking it. I suppose in time I could get used to drinking such water, but I know where I would rather drink.

Recently reading in Isaiah, I was struck by the following:
“(1) You will say in that day: ‘I will give thanks to you, O LORD, for though you were angry with me, your anger turned away, that you might comfort me. (2) Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.’ (3) WITH JOY YOU WILL DRAW WATER FROM THE WELLS OF SALVATION.” ( Isaiah 12:1-3 ESV)

The context here seems to be with regard to the hope of the remnant who would return from captivity in Assyria. ( Isaiah 11:16) These would be saved and be able to return to the land God had given them. How REFRESHING this hope must have been. It would not just be deliverance from God’s earlier anger and the period of captivity, but would also be a time of prospering. They would be drawing blessings from God’s deep gracious well and find REFRESHMENT and SATISFACTION in His provision.

Are we also encouraged by the reality of God’s abundant provision from which we can draw in our relationship to Him through Christ? God has a well able to provide that which is adequate for all who are willing to come to draw and drink. When Jesus talked with the woman at Jacob’s well near Sychar in Samaria, He got her attention when He spoke of “a spring of water welling up to eternal life” of which those who drank would never be thirsty. ( John 4:14) She wanted that water. When she realized Who was speaking to her, she forgot about the physical water she had come to draw, even leaving her water jar ( John 4:28) as she ran back into the city to tells others.

Let us not turn to the wells of this world. They will ultimately leave us thirsting again. It is from God’s well that we can taste and know that the Lord is good. ( 1 Peter 2:3) May we remain drawing from the REFRESHING AND SATISFYING provision which continually flows from Him.

Have a great day WITH A CONTINUAL THIRST FOR GOD’S WELL!
Carl

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