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Re-Dig The Wells
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by Johnny K. Hughes
hroughout history, wells were often the source of
opposition. He moved ahead and reopened another
contention and power struggles, and in the Book
well. We must be persistent in the face of our enemy
of Genesis, we see where Israel’s enemies were
and continue moving forward. Following the digging
notorious for filling in wells with dirt. In Genesis 26, we read
of the Rehoboth well, Isaac received the confirmation of
where God tells Isaac not to go to Egypt during a time of
his father’s promises upon his life, and there he built an
famine. He instructed him to stay in the place where He had
altar. Proverbs 22:28 states, “Do not remove the ancient
placed him and to plant his seed for a harvest. God blessed
landmarks which your fathers have set.” It is important
him with a bounty of crops and herds.
to mark the places of our victories and build an altar
The Philistines became very jealous of Isaac, and they filled all the wells with dirt. These were the wells that the
of remembrance, and by doing so, we are able to take authority over the pushback of the enemy.
servants of his father, Abraham, had dug many years earlier. After his bountiful harvest, Abimelech, king of the Philistines, asked Isaac to leave the country, stating, “You are mighty, and have become too rich and powerful for us.” Isaac moved to the Gerar Valley and began to re-dig the wells of Abraham; however, as he opened the first well, local shepherds came and claimed the fresh water as their own. Isaac’s servants then opened another well, and again, there was a fight over the rights of the water. Abandoning that well and moving on, they reopened a third well, and the local people left them alone. Isaac named this well Rehoboth, meaning “Room Enough,” for God made room for them to thrive. As I was reading through these Scriptures, I realized
Stand your ground and know he cannot push you past your last victory over him. Persistence keeps the flow of God’s Spirit alive in our lives. Remember the victories of
the same thing happens in our spiritual lives. Following a
your past. There is an enemy waiting to fill your wells with
spiritual breakthrough or victory, our spiritual enemies will
debris of human traditions, but we must look back past the
immediately begin to disrupt the flow of fresh, invigorating
reformers, denominationalism, and religious actions. Tap
water with the garbage from the world; likewise, the enemy
into the crystal-clear flow released by the Lord in the first
will also try to fill the spiritual wells of our ancestors that
century, pulling that past into our present. Guard your wells
are rightfully ours. These wells represent the living waters
and rebuild the fallen altars!
It takes persistence to see the promises of God become reality. Isaac didn’t stop digging when he encountered
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About The Author
of their past ministry, as well as their unfulfilled promises. Johnny K. Hughes is the executive director of Indian Ministries of North America, Inc.
