Dig Another Well

Dig Another Well Are you in conflict with an individual? Then dig Another Well. The conflicts which have no apparent resolution are not worth perpetuation. Some of your associations have no intention of compromising. They may be bent on maintaining opposition to you. Be like Isaac build another well. The anointing is on you, so walk away. The giver is with you. You don not need the gift. You have the giver. When the giver is with you, you don't need the gift. It may a waste of time to quarrel on the well. You may have to choose a new location for your people and wells.  Some people are determined to fill your wells with debris. Some unthankful people will never turn around. Never negotiated with people who don't want peace. Some  battles with contentious people are not worth fighting. Some people are determined to fill your wells with debris and dirt. If you don't dig another well. Their dirt and debris may become your next mountain.     Waters: Water Well: Revive and refreshes the soul; springs up as water of life to make us whole; man's spirit; God's Spirit. (Prov. 4: 23; 5: 15; 10: 11; 16: 22; 2 Peter 2: 17; John 1: 10; 4: 10, 13-14; Is. 12: 3) Genesis 26 (The Message)12-15 Isaac planted crops in that land and took in a huge harvest. God blessed him. The man got richer and richer by the day until he was very wealthy. He accumulated flocks and herds and many, many servants, so much so that the Philistines began to envy him. They got back at him by throwing dirt and debris into all the wells that his father's servants had dug back in the days of his father Abraham, clogging up all the wells.  16 Finally, Abimelech told Isaac: "Leave. You've become far too big for us."  17-18 So Isaac left. He camped in the valley of Gerar and settled down there. Isaac dug again the wells which were dug in the days of his father Abraham but had been clogged up by the Philistines after Abraham's death. And he renamed them, using the original names his father had given them.  19-24 One day, as Isaac's servants were digging in the valley, they came on a well of spring water. The shepherds of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's shepherds, claiming, "This water is ours." So Isaac named the well Esek (Quarrel) because they quarreled over it. They dug another well and there was a difference over that one also, so he named it Sitnah (Accusation). He went on from there and dug yet another well. But there was no fighting over this one so he named it Rehoboth (Wide-Open Spaces), saying, "Now God has given us plenty of space to spread out in the land." From there he went up to Beersheba. That very night God appeared to him and said,<BR \> Provision is a Bonus at the well Rebecca at the Well Hardly had Eliezer concluded his prayer, when he saw Rebecca, the daughter of Abraham’s nephew Bethuel, approaching. She was beautiful, and Eliezer was impressed by her gracious behavior. She carried a pitcher on her shoulder, stepped down to the well, and filled it. When she came up again, Eliezer asked to be permitted to drink from her pitcher. Rebecca answered, “Drink my master.” When he had quenched his thirst, she said: “For your camels I will also draw water until they have had enough.” With these words she emptied her pitcher into the trough, and filled it time and again until all the camels were satisfied. Eliezer felt sure that this was the girl he was looking for. Without even asking her name, he gave her a golden ring and two bracelets, and only then asked her who she was. When Rebecca answered that she was the granddaughter of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, Eliezer bowed before G-d and thanked Him for having helped him find the woman Abraham was looking for to be Isaac’s wife. Rebecca hurried home to tell her people about her meeting with Eliezer. Her brother Laban ran out to the well to welcome Eliezer into the house. Soon Abraham’s servant told Bethuel and his family about his mission and how G-d had miraculously helped him to find Rebecca, their daughter, to be the worthy wife of his master’s son Isaac. Laban and Bethuel replied that since G-d Himself favored this match, they would not hinder it, and that he could take Rebecca with him to his master’s son Isaac. Rebecca and Isaac Marry The next morning when Eliezer asked permission to leave for home with the girl, her people were reluctant to let her go immediately. They suggested that she stay for at least another year to prepare for her wedding. Finally, however, the choice was left to Rebecca, and she eagerly gave her consent to leave immediately. Rebecca had never relished her surroundings and environment andwas happy to become a member of the house of Abraham, whose fame was world-wide. Isaac had gone out in the fields to pray one evening, when Eliezer’s caravan returned. Eliezer related his adventures, and Abraham and Isaac were very thankful to G-d. Isaac’s marriage to Rebecca was celebrated without delay, and Rebecca occupied the tent that had once belonged to Sarah. Once again Abraham’s house was filled with happiness, for Rebecca proved to be a worthy successor to Sarah.