Isaiah 12:2a – 3 “Behold, God is my salvation. . . Therefore with joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.”
What always runs but never walks; always falls, but never hurt; can swallow you up, but you can swallow it?
Water!
Seldom do we stop to consider our blessing of water. Accessing it is simply the turn of a handle away, meaning we often take it for granted.
But in scripture, wells were few and far between and established with great difficulty. They were excavated by hand, through rock, requiring years of hard labor, and at the cost of many lives. The villagers trekked from far and wide and carried every precious drop home in buckets. Without a doubt, if this were the case today, we would all be wearing dirty clothes!
Wells were the biblical “coffee shop” of sorts. Around them, people gathered to socialize, news was relayed, faith was shared, and marriages were arranged. But without the presence of wells, cities failed, famines plagued, nations died, and wars were fought.
Water wells mentioned in scripture were often used as instruments of war. Abraham and Isaac’s wells were seized by the enemy and filled with dirt to render them useless. This was the enemy’s strategy to defeat, harm, and disable God’s people.
Today, Satan uses this strategy against us as he seeks to destroy our wells of salvation and heap his dirt upon our victorious life in Christ. The Evil One’s goal is to sabotage our praise, our songs, and our trust in God by filling us up with doubt, jealousy, greed, and pride, rendering us hopeless and incapable of sharing Christ’s Living Water with others.
However, Isaiah used the metaphor of drawing water from a deep well to symbolize the life-giving salvation of God. God’s salvation quenches our thirst for what Satan offers and fills us, instead, with the desire to praise Him, call upon Him, tell of His mighty works and wonders, and sing of His greatness.
Sisters, may we dig a well of salvation so pure and deep Satan cannot possibly fill it in. May our souls overflow with such an abundance of Living Water that we share with the world the joy of a Father whose love for us is unspeakable.
So, Satan, take your shovel elsewhere. Your dirt is of no use here!
Father God, help us dig deep wells of salvation as we spend precious time with You.
Blessings,
Rita Cochrane