Rebecca at the well represents the outer court…
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Written Thu, October 19th, 2017
Bonjour, We speak the Wisdom of God in a Mystery. And I’m going to share one of such mysteries to you today. Stay with me, this is very interesting stuff. Do open up your heart and receive understanding.
In Genesis 24, we see Abraham make his servant promise that he would get a bride for Isaac among his people. In a later verse we find this servant standing by a well and saying a prayer to God. He says, See I am standing beside this spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water. (Genesis 24:13)
We know that it was at this well that Abraham’s servant found a wife for Isaac. You remember that don’t you? Now, lets go to Genesis 26:18, it says: Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the time of his father Abraham, which the philistines had stopped up after Abraham died, and he gave them the same names his father had given them. Let’s pause here and meditate on these two scriptures. I am going to be speaking to us about our relationship with the Father. And to say that there are different levels of this relationship. And at each level, God keeps calling us to come closer.
Rebecca at the well represents the outer court. She was accustomed to fetching water from a well that her townspeople by tradition, fetched water from. Verse 11, She had gone out towards evening, at a time women go out to fetch water. This speaks of the traditions and customs of men. It is the level of relationship that speaks of the majority. What is normal, acceptable and basic, and truthfully harmless. Isaac, on the other hand, and the wells he dug, and prior had re-excavated (in spite of the troublesome philistines) represents the inner court. This speaks of your personal experiences with God which you have to contend for. Here you have to go against the tides, stretch a little further than the norm, go past the boundaries of traditions and what’s acceptable. But the first step is to re-excavate what the fathers have thought us. Yes you have heard several preachings and teachings from those who have gone ahead of us, but we must go back like the Bereans and search out the scriptures for ourselves. We must honor those who have gone ahead by reinforcing through continuous practice, the truths about God which we’ve been taught.
Remember, ‘do not remove the ancient boundary stones which your fathers have set.’ Truths about faith, hope, love, righteousness, sanctification etc. what this does is that it spurs you like Isaac, to go after your own wells in God. After Isaac re-excavated his father’s wells, he went on to dig his own wells. This process of seeking intimacy with God does not come without contention. You have to be dogged and persistent. In spite of the philistines oppositions, Isaac kept digging well after well till he found Rehoboth. And then God appeared to him and reinforced his covenant, the same covenant He had with Abraham. I’ll like you to think about this a while and truly consider these words. Go back to Genesis 24 and 26 and ask God to open your eyes that you may see the hidden riches of His glory.
Ask for intimacy. Go after an intimate relationship with God. It is not enough to just go to church systematically and just sit there waiting to be spoon-fed and zombied about. Seek Him. Seek Him as the deer pants after the waters.
Blessed are they that hunger and thirst for righteousness for they shall be filled. Matt 5:6
Tomorrow we will learn how to access the innermost court, the Holy of Holies. Where God desires that all our worship would lead; intimate communion with God.
…to be continued.
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