Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Morning Devotional For Saturday February 17, 2018 |
Morning Time: 5:57 AM PST
"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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