Re-Digging the Wells

Genesis 21:22–33 NKJV

And it came to pass at that time that Abimelech and Phichol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, “God is with you in all that you do.

Now therefore, swear to me by God that you will not deal falsely with me, with my offspring, or with my posterity; but that according to the kindness that I have done to you, you will do to me and to the land in which you have dwelt.”

And Abraham said, “I will swear.”

Then Abraham rebuked Abimelech because of a well of water which Abimelech’s servants had seized.

And Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this thing; you did not tell me, nor had I heard of it until today.”

So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made a covenant.

And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

Then Abimelech asked Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves?”

And he said, “You will take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that they may be my witness that I have dug this well.”

Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.

Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba. So Abimelech rose with Phichol, the commander of his army, and they returned to the land of the Philistines.

Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there called on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God.(MULTILINE REVEAL SMALL)

The Significance of Wells(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

1. Wells were life-source places.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

2. Wells were gathering places.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

3. Wells were strategic places.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

4. The significance of Abraham’s well.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

• The enemy tries to hinder Abraham by seizing the well.

• Abraham pays the price of seven lambs for the well – the well is ours because of the price paid by the Lamb.

• Abraham planted a tamarisk tree there – a symbol of the Tree of Life and the life-giving ministry of the well.

• Abraham called on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God – the well is a place of worship and relationship with God.(MULTILINE REVEAL SMALL)

Genesis 26:1–5 NKJV

There was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, in Gerar.

Then the Lord appeared to him and said: “Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land of which I shall tell you.

Dwell in this land, and I will be with you and bless you; for to you and your descendants I give all these lands, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.

And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed;

because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”(MULTILINE REVEAL SMALL)

Genesis 26:12–33 NKJV

Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; and the Lord blessed him.

The man began to prosper, and continued prospering until he became very prosperous;

for he had possessions of flocks and possessions of herds and a great number of servants. So the Philistines envied him.

Now the Philistines had stopped up all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, and they had filled them with earth.

And Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we.”

Then Isaac departed from there and pitched his tent in the Valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

And Isaac dug again the wells of water which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham. He called them by the names which his father had called them.

Also Isaac’s servants dug in the valley, and found a well of running water there.

But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” So he called the name of the well Esek, because they quarreled with him.

Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over that one also. So he called its name Sitnah.

And he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. So he called its name Rehoboth, because he said, “For now the Lord has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.”

Then he went up from there to Beersheba.

And the Lord appeared to him the same night and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham; do not fear, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for My servant Abraham’s sake.”

So he built an altar there and called on the name of the Lord, and he pitched his tent there; and there Isaac’s servants dug a well.

Then Abimelech came to him from Gerar with Ahuzzath, one of his friends, and Phichol the commander of his army.

And Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, since you hate me and have sent me away from you?”

But they said, “We have certainly seen that the Lord is with you. So we said, ‘Let there now be an oath between us, between you and us; and let us make a covenant with you,

that you will do us no harm, since we have not touched you, and since we have done nothing to you but good and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed of the Lord.’ ”

So he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.

Then they arose early in the morning and swore an oath with one another; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

It came to pass the same day that Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well which they had dug, and said to him, “We have found water.”

So he called it Shebah. Therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.

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Seven Wells

1. The well of His Presence

This is the well of the manifest presence of God being experienced in every ministry context and expression of the house of God.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

2. The well of Praise

This is the well that facilitates the well of His presence as God inhabits the praises of His people.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

3. The well of the Prophetic

This is the well where God speaks to His people; where prophetic ministry and prophetic equipping takes place; where people come to hear the voice of God and what He is saying to the Body of Christ and to the world.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

4. The well of Salvation

This is the well of evangelistic fruitfulness; where the gospel is preached and souls are saved; where people are added to the church.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

5. The well of Regional Impact

This is the well of influence and multiplied presence and effectiveness of the church. It is the well where kingdom partnerships are formed and networks are fashioned to impact a region of the world with the Kingdom of God.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

6. The well of leadership development

This is well that produces leaders and multiplied leadership effectiveness.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

7. The well of Holy Spirit Power

This is the well of the miraculous working of the Holy Spirit in your midst.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

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