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Digging God’s Wells
By-Evangelist Gary Huckaby
Text: Genesis 26:17-23
“And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham; and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. And Isaac’s servant digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water. And the herdsman of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdsman, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him. And they digged another well, and strove for that also; and he called the name of it Sitnah. And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they
strove not; and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land. And he went up from
thence to Beer-sheba.”
Abraham The Well Digger
Beer-lahi-roi, Beer-sheba, and Rehoboth were three wells that Abraham dug.
Abraham and the Philistines were at odds against one another for many years, there was always a conflict between the servants of Abraham and the herdsman of the Philistines. Abraham would dig a well and the Philistines would try to claim it for their own, and so
Abraham would go to another location and there dig another and the same thing would again happen, therefore Abraham became a well digger.
Abraham had now died, and his promised son Isaac was the ruler of all that his father had left him. Isaac himself decided to go and re-dig the wells that his father Abraham had dug, but had been filled up by the Philistines. It was strife in Isaac’s life that caused him to decide to go and re-dig the wells that his father had dug before. The strife was over the well at Esek, and Sitnah,
In a great sense we are a lot like this in our day. When I read the biographies of past men of God such as; Moody, Spurgeon, Torry, Rice, Sunday, Finney, Edwards, Westley, Luther, Roloff, Savanorola, Hodson, Broughton, Smith, Mcgee, Taylor, Muller, and so many others who were used mightily by God, I am challenged to go and to re-dig the wells that these men dug.
Beer-lahi-roi
The name Beerlahiroi means, “The God who lives and sees what we do!”
What we need today is to exalt preaching against sin! Many men stand in the sacred pulpit today who never speak out against sin. God hates sin, it was because of sin that our Lord Jesus gave His life upon the cross of Calvary. It is sin that has ruined the homes and families of countless thousands of people in our world, it is sin that has caused the judgments of God to come upon this world. Sin separates us from Almighty God.
There are too many Christians who are living backslide lives today because they are living in sin. Sin is what is sending countless multitudes to hell each and every day that we live. I am told that every second that passes at lest fifty five souls go out into eternity, some to eternal hell, and some to heaven.
What this old world needs today, are men who are not afraid to call sin by it’s rightful name, SIN! If we had a great number of ministers who would stand in the pulpit each Sunday Morning, Sunday night, and Wednesday night, and call sin what it really is, we
could have a generation of believers who would evangelize this old world.
General William Booth once said; “If I could send our workers to hell for just twenty four hours and then let them out, they would win the world to Christ in a manner of months, or years. Today it seems that we are getting further and further behind in winning this world to Christ. Paganism, Idolatry, False cults, and the like are growing are a two to one pace against the Church. Oh, child of God let’s get up and win this world before it is to late.
One day the harvest will be over, the work of winning souls will be over, and then how will we stand before God? He that winneth souls is wise!
Beer-sheba
Beersheba means, “A promise of God.”
The Bible has the answer to any question concerning life. We should love it, read it, and keep it each and every day. Modernism has almost filled in the well of Bible preaching today. To often people get a sermonett, instead of a sermon. To often we hear a beautiful literature story, and not the old rugged cross story in our modern preaching. We must get back to re-digging God’s wells if we are to know the promises of God in our lives, dear friends.
God gives us a promise, that we will live forever with Him, if we confess Christ as our Lord and Savior. He said in John’s Gospel, that He is the door of the sheepfold, and that there is no other was to go to heaven. Listen to His words to the disciples in John 14:6, “I am the way the truth and the life, no man cometh to the Father but by me.”
Acts 4:12, says, “There is no other name under heaven whereby we must be saved.” There is only one way, and that way is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ.
Rehoboth
Rehoboth means, Fruitfulness.
The story is told by Dr. John R. Rice, that once he was preaching in a conference with the late Gypsy Smith. After the service he walked out of the building to catch a cab back to his motel, once in the cab, he began to witness to the driver, whereupon the driver with tears in his eyes, told him that a strange little man had already won him to Christ. Gypsy Smith had already gone before brother Rice and led this cab driver to Christ. What a testimony to these great men of God. There is fruit out there, the trouble is that most don’t go and witness for the Lord.
Soul winning is the main business of the Christian. We should try to reach everyone we can for Christ. There is no excuse for a child of God not to share their Lord with others.This is the very reason that we are still here on this earth.
One night some years ago, I was coming through a small town in Georgia, and noticed a light on in a downtown building. It was about two o’clock in the morning, and everything else in this little town was closed. Upon seeing this light I felt led of God to stop and
witness to who ever was inside. Going into the building, I found a man working on a stairway, he was placing floor tile on the stairs, and looked up at me with a rather strange look. It was as if he thought I was there to rob him or something. I politely asked him his name and gave him my name to assure him I was not up to anything. I then asked him the question, I have asked so many. If you died today, do you know you would go to heaven?
"No sir," was his reply, "I don’t know that. I wish I could know it though."
If I could show you that one can know it, would you listen? "I sure would," he said.
To that I took out my New Testament and began to go through the Romans road of salvation with him, He was gloriously saved that night, and the power of God flooded the place so that he had to sit down beside his table saw to gain composure. His remark was,
boy I wish I had done this a long time ago, but no body told me how. This man is still in God’s service as a deacon of a local Church.
You can win them if you will just go and do it. Don’t go to heaven empty handed, take someone with you, for Jesus sake. Win someone today, give out Gospel tracks, or share you own personal testimony with someone you love, or even your enemies.
Jesus is still in the saving business today, but He wants us to labor in His harvest. Will you?
Let us re-dig some of God’s wells today!
Jesus said in Mark 16:15, “And he said unto them, Go ye unto all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature.” Again in Matthew 28:19, “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and the Son, and of the Holy Ghost;”
Maybe you have read this message and are not a Christian yourself. If you would like to know Christ as your Savior today come to Him and confess Him as your Lord and Savior.
He is waiting to give you eternal life if you will just come to Him the way He told you to.
Romans 10:9, “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thy heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.”
John 1:12, says, “But to as many as receive him, to them gave he the power to become the sons of God, even to those who believe on his name.”
Oh Heavy Hearted
(by-John R. Rice)
Come ye burdened ones and weary; Come with all your load of care,
Sinners come with conscious troubled, and all your sins let Jesus bear.
Cease from trying, weeping mourning; Cease from works of righteousness,
All your need has Jesus purchased, Bought for you eternal rest.
Not by rites of Church nor priest-hood, Not by gold or service true,
But your peace is found in Jesus, And His blood was shed for you.
Free the captives from their bondage; Free the sinner from his sins;
Free the broken heart from weeping, Free to all who enter in.
Chorus
O weary soul, Bring all thy burden, And the woes O sin sick penitent,
Forgiveness sweet Is yours for coming to Jesus feet.
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