“Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai-roi.” — Genesis 25:11
Hagar had once found deliverance there and Ishmael had drank from the
water so graciously revealed by the God who liveth and seeth the sons of
men; but this was a merely casual visit, such as worldlings pay to the Lord
in times of need, when it serves their turn. They cry to Him in trouble, but
forsake Him in prosperity. Isaac dwelt there, and made the well of the
living and all-seeing God his constant source of supply. The usual tenor of
a man’s life, the dwelling of his soul, is the true test of his state. Perhaps
the providential visitation experienced by Hagar struck Isaac’s mind, and
led him to revere the place; its mystical name endeared it to him; his
frequent musings by its brim at eventide made him familiar with the well;
his meeting Rebecca there had made his spirit feel at home near the spot;
but best of all, the fact that he there enjoyed fellowship with the living
God, had made him select that hallowed ground for his dwelling. Let us
learn to live in the presence of the living God; let us pray the Holy Spirit
that this day, and every other day, we may feel, “Thou God seest me.”
May the Lord Jehovah be as a well to us, delightful, comforting, unfailing,
springing up unto eternal life. The bottle of the creature cracks and dries
up, but the well of the Creator never fails; happy is he who dwells at the
well, and so has abundant and constant supplies near at hand. The Lord
has been a sure helper to others: His name is Shaddai, God All-sufficient;
our hearts have often had most delightful intercourse with Him; through
Him our soul has found her glorious Husband, the Lord Jesus; and in Him
this day we live, and move, and have our being; let us, then, dwell in
closest fellowship with Him. Glorious Lord, constrain us that we may
never leave Thee, but dwell by the well of the living God.
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