Generational Wells

Well-A deep man-made reservoir dug or drilled in the ground, often walled with stone or plaster. Used to access groundwater.

God sees the generational Gap.

He sees our struggles, how the older generation struggles and feels hurt, has a chip on their shoulder because they don’t feel like the younger generation respects or values the things they learned to value.

Wells are and were critical for human survival. Wells were the ways people survived.

This is still true today, We need to dig wells for us to survive spiritually.

We all need a place we can receive refreshing and sustenance.

God provides the Water, We dig the wells

This Generation stands on the shoulders of the previous generation, Just as Isaac stood on his father Abraham’s shoulders.

Abraham had followed God’s instructions and left His fathers house to receive the promised land God promised him.

On his way Abraham’s servants dug wells. Wells that would nourish them and quench their thirst.

Each well was given a name.

Wells represented property rights. So to take the ground God gave you, you must dig wells.

The well gives you authority and ownership of the promises of God for you.

Genesis 26:17–18 NLT

So Isaac moved away to the Gerar Valley, where he set up their tents and settled down. He reopened the wells his father had dug, which the Philistines had filled in after Abraham’s death. Isaac also restored the names Abraham had given them.

Isaiah 12:3 NLT

With joy you will drink deeply from the fountain of salvation!

John 4:14 NLT

But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life.”

The Wells of our fathers have been filled by the enemy.

Isaac following or walking in the covenant of his father re-opened the wells.

We need to reopen the wells of our fathers.

The wells that spring up the water of life.

The wells of the spirit of God, Salvation, repentance, forgiveness, peace, love, joy.

The younger generation needs to dig new wells cause they haven’t stopped conquering the promised land. They are called to expand the kingdom of God to new places.

It says that after digging up the wells of his father he dug new wells.

Genesis 26:19–20 NLT

Isaac’s servants also dug in the Gerar Valley and discovered a well of fresh water. But then the shepherds from Gerar came and claimed the spring. “This is our water,” they said, and they argued over it with Isaac’s herdsmen. So Isaac named the well Esek (which means “argument”).

As the young generation digs there will be a conflict. In this case an argument.

Isaac doesn’t get caught up in the argument he digs another well…

Genesis 26:21 NLT

Isaac’s men then dug another well, but again there was a dispute over it. So Isaac named it Sitnah (which means “hostility”).

The next well brought Enmity. It literally brought ought in peoples lives. What did Isaac do?

Genesis 26:22 NLT

Abandoning that one, Isaac moved on and dug another well. This time there was no dispute over it, so Isaac named the place Rehoboth (which means “open space”), for he said, “At last the Lord has created enough space for us to prosper in this land.”

It is time for Rehoboth (spaciousness)

God has made room for all of us to dwell in the land and Has provided living waters for all of our souls.

The Isaac went up to Beersheba. The place of the covenant of God and their they dug another well. The place God renewed His covenant with Isaac. The same covenant He made with Abraham.

Genesis 26:23–25 NLT

From there Isaac moved to Beersheba, where the Lord appeared to him on the night of his arrival. “I am the God of your father, Abraham,” he said. “Do not be afraid, for I am with you and will bless you. I will multiply your descendants, and they will become a great nation. I will do this because of my promise to Abraham, my servant.” Then Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the Lord. He set up his camp at that place, and his servants dug another well.