Jesus came to Jacob’s well, physically thirsty and asked the Samaritan woman there drawing water for her own needs. The woman remarked that the well is deep and he had nothing to draw water with.
Jhn 4:13 “Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:
Jhn 4:14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
Natural water from a good well is deeply satisfying to the natural man. I have a well on my property that I dearly love. The water is very cold and satisfying even in the hottest summer days. Many who have had this water have testified that its the best water that they have ever had. But natural water can only satisfy the natural thirst of mankind. It cannot satisfy the soul of mankind who is thirsty for divine Truths.
The letter of the Word alone cannot satisfy but it is a repository of divine truths that can only be apprehended by Him who gives the living water of life. Our wells may contain a great volume of the letter of the Word but it is only dusty dry well until he who is the giver of the living water comes in to dwell.
He who is the refreshing water of life said to the woman at the well after he had asked for a drink of the woman who had come to draw water, “the water that I shall give will be a IN him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.”
That the water is available to all who would come to Him who is that divine water of eternal, everlasting life.
Isa 12:2, 3: “Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.”
When I lived in Houston, I would go with Elder Smith of Life Tabernacle to a prison to minister the Word. He had a great ministry among the prisoners. There was one prisoner who could quote by memory, chapter after chapter, letter perfect. Yet, he was a very evil man who belonged in the prison. This man had a well of memory of the letter but had no spiritual water springing up into everlasting life. Like a well, the letter is only a container of the springs of divine Truth.
The letter of the Word of God is like unto a beautiful vessel sitting on a pedestal for the purpose of containing divine oil of holy anointment. It is possible for the well of the letter within us, though intended to contain the water of everlasting life, is yet empty of Divine Truths giving us eternal life. Except that the Living Water dwells in our wells, we are yet devoid of everlasting life.
Once an old Indian Chief was sitting at the door of his tee-pee looking above at a giant white cloud. He was heard to say, “Heap big cloud. Heap big cloud. No rain. No rain.”
For the earth to be watered, the clouds must carry about the rains that pour down giving and sustaining life where its needed. So it is with Christ who is revealed in the clouds revealing himself and giving life to the yearning and thirsting earth, the dry places of our souls. With joy, we draw divine waters from the well of salvation. With joyful anticipation we look for him to reveal Himself up from out of the rain clouds, giving everlasting life for all who will receive Divine Truths upon our thirsty, parched lifeless soil of our earth, that we may root and grow up as trees of righteousness. We need the rain O Lord, we need the rain, the latter rain. We petition Him who is that divine rain, Send down the latter rain as He has promised to do.
But what are wells that have not the divine water of spiritual truths concealed and hidden in the letter of the Word? Though they have the letter, yet are spiritually empty and devoid of eternal life The Apostle Peter spoke of them in his second epistle, chapter two, verse 17:
“These are WELLS WITHOUT WATER, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.”
These are dusty wells without the waters of eternal life. They are wells of opinions drawn from the letter of the Word. Every dusty old well differing one from another as their own brand of opinions differ, originating from and drawn out of the letter of the Word, yet lacking the divine truths of the water springing up into eternal life within the soul of mankind. From hence come dusty, dry wars of opinions, all differing one from another. Lines of division are drawn when sectarian spirits prevail. Hence, the doctrine of the Nicolaitans which the Lord hates.
Today, in our modern Apostolic church world, we have preachers who can preach the house down causing their own brand of believers to jump pews and swing from the chandeliers but in the end, it is only a dust storm of opinions with those who have the same opinion. In the end, nothing is better except that their smart watches registers the amount of exercise that they had.
What is in our wells? Can there be fountains of living waters springing up into eternal life drawn from out of the letter of the Word, its container? Let us sing the song of SPIRITUAL Israel until it becomes a reality:
Numbers verses 16, 17, “And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water. THEN ISRAEL SANG THIS SONG, SPRING UP, O WELL SING YE UNTO IT.:
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