Well Which Well?

“Isaac’s servants also dug in the Gerar Valley and discovered a well of fresh water. But then the shepherds from Gerar came and claimed the spring. “This is our water,” they said, and they argued over it with Isaac’s herdsmen. So Isaac named the well Esek (which means “argument”). Isaac’s men then dug another well, but again there was a dispute over it. So Isaac named it Sitnah (which means “hostility”). Abandoning that one, Isaac moved on and dug another well. This time there was no dispute over it, so Isaac named the place Rehoboth (which means “open space”), for he said, “At last the Lord has created enough space for us to prosper in this land.””
(Genesis 26:19-22 NLT-SE)

This was part of the One Year Bible reading for the day and as I was reading it I felt like the Spirit said, "Which well will you camp at?"

Many times things happen in our life that we do not understand. We work and labor and things don't go the way "we" planned.

Issac's men had dug the wells and they had expected to be able to drink from them but things didn't go as planned.

The first one they called "argument." How many times have we labored for something and when all was said and done the only thing we had was an argument against God because He didn't what we expected Him to do?

The second well was called "hostility." When we have an argument, many times it will take us to the place of being "hostile" towards spiritual things or other believers when they try to encourage us because we are camping at the wells that are not open to us.

But Isaac and his men did not camp out at the first two wells but moved on to the third well "open spaces." The bible says that God closes doors that no man can open and opens doors that no man can close. If we will learn to live by that truth we will see "wells" that we dig and that don't pan out as closed doors that mean - this is not the right place or it is not the right time for this and then keep moving on until we find the wide open spaces that lead to our spiritual prosperity... remember if we stay at the wells that are not for us we can pick up an argument and even become hostile...

Let's look for the wide open spaces of spiritual prosperity that God has for us...

Blessings