Living water

“And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away. And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day. And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant. And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves? And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well. Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them. Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.”

The southern part of the Israel, leading into the Sinai desert, is called the Negev. The Negev gets drier and drier until it eventually gives way to desert. The most important thing in this part of the Land is water. The area called Beersheba is famous for its wells. This is the most important part of the Negev for he who controls the water controls the area. Abraham, as a wise shepherd dug a well so that he would be able to keep his stock secure. However, Abimelech’s men came and took the well by force of arms. Abraham made a binding contract with Abimelech over water. Abimelech promised that his men would not take Abraham’s wells. This reminds us of the fact that life can be hard and seem to be very dry at times but the Lord Jesus Christ promised that He would supply living water if we asked Him (compare John 4: 10 “Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.”) Living water is always available, by faith, to those who are dry and troubled in their lives. If we face conditions that seem hard to bear then we can ask the Lord Jesus Christ for living water and He will give it to us. He had made a contract to do this and the contract is sealed with blood as all ancient contracts were.

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