Spurgeon: February AM
* 02/17/AM
"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.