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"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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