How ‘well’ do you know him?
When I was in Kenya a few years ago, we went to a home in a small village, and in this home there was a well in the back garden. This well consisted of a piece of rope going deep down into a hole in the ground. It didn’t seem much; but in fact it was the source of life for the community in that village. From that well came water for cooking, washing & drinking. Without that well they wouldn’t have been able to survive or function as a thriving community.
Wells are a great image for us of life, value and salvation. We see throughout the Bible that wells were a place of communities. Villages and towns were built around wells, they were a necessity to family life; being able to do everyday things, like cooking and cleaning, bringing up children. Wells also had significance as a place where people met;
- Cultures met together [Exodus2v15]
- Men and women met together who became betrothed [Gen 29 v1-14]
- The natural met the supernatural [Gen16v7, John 4v17]
Isaiah prophesies that we can, with joy, draw water from the well of salvation! That’s pretty incredible really. You and I CAN DRAW WATER from this well, we don’t have to travel for days, or dig for hours to get this water we can simply draw from the well. We don’t have to draw from it like it’s a wishing well and maybe we’ll get lucky, or in a state of despondency, because Isaiah says we can do it with joy!!
What is this well or WHO is this well?
Jesus said this about Himself;
“Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
John 4v13&14
Jesus has become our salvation, therefore for us to draw water from this well of salvation is drawing from Jesus. Jesus is our fortress, our strong tower, our deliverer, our redeemer our ever present help in time of need. Therefore when we draw water from the well we are drawing from Jesus!
Do you need a miracle in your health or your finances? Do you need a fresh touch of his Spirit, or boldness to share the gospel? Whatever situation you find yourself in, I encourage you to draw water from the well of salvation, spend some time in the word; pray; be with people who are filled with Christ; put your bucket deep down into the well of your relationship with Jesus and allow him to meet all your needs!
“On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.” John 7v37
