Thy mercy, my God, is the theme
of my song. We see several incidences in
the scripture where the Lord met with his children at a well.
One of the more prominent ones is found in the fourth chapter
of John's Gospel. John tells us that the one who
created the very atoms and molecules of which water is made sat at
a well in Samaria and expressed his desire to drink thereof.
The woman to whom he spoke was quite surprised that he made
this request, since she recognized him as a Jew, with whom the Samaritans
had few dealings, and vice versa. Yet the Lord's desire for this
water which the woman drew up was secondary to his purpose
of meeting with her and giving her a drink from a well which
would never run dry. This was no chance meeting, but
was carried out in the eternal purpose of him who knew this
woman long before she ever laid eyes on him. He spoke with her
of a well of water which he alone could give, from which a man
might drink and never thirst again, one wherein he would become
a fountain of life which would spring up within her, which would
be a constant source of supply. This is the same well which he
spoke of when he declared, If any man thirst, let him come
unto me and drink. He that believeth on me, as the
scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living
water. The Lord is both the water and the fountain from which that
water springs. He is the bread of the hungry
and the one who soothes the parched lips of the thirsty. He is the
source and substance of all that they stand in need of. This water
is not for those who have no need of it, even as he said that
he came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance. Yet
those who know themselves to be dwelling in a dry and thirsty
land where there is no water will run to him whom they see
as the fountain of life, without which they will surely perish.
Much emphasis is laid on the initial experience of salvation
by most who claim to preach the gospel. in the present day. Yet
a beginning is only a beginning, and the well or spring of salvation
which the Lord has made manifest for his people is not primarily
about the beginning, but rather about the continuation of its
supply even unto the ages to come. Salvation is not a well
from which we drink but once. but rather it is that constant
supply of life-giving water with which we are supplied day by
day. Isaiah speaks of wells from which those who are saved drink
from. The Lord has provided a multitude of wells from which the thirsty
souls of his children might draw salvation. Yet the water that
springs from each of those wells is the same. We drink from the
well of God's provision. When Abraham took Isaac, his
son, to Mount Moriah, he knew that the Lord would provide.
When Moses and the children of Israel seemed trapped at the
banks of the Red Sea, he knew that the Lord would provide,
saying to them, The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold
your peace. Whatever the children of God
stand in need of, he shall supply in abundance. But my God shall
supply all of your need according to the riches in glory by Christ
Jesus. We drink from the well of God's
praise, that I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of
the daughter of Zion. I will rejoice in thy salvation.
Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me, and to him that ordereth
his conversation aright will I show the salvation of God.
We drink from the well of rejoicing, yet I will rejoice in the Lord,
I will joy in the God of my salvation. The Lord is my strength, and
He will make my feet like hinds' feet, and He will make me walk
upon high places, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.
We drink from the well of God's mercy. It is the Lord's mercies
that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They
are new every morning, great is thy faithfulness. The mercy
of God reminds us of His faithfulness in which we find great comfort.
We drink from the well of hope. Now our Lord Jesus Christ Himself
and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given
us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, comfort
your hearts and establish you in every good word and work.
We drink from the well of God's purpose, wherein God, willing
more abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the immutability
of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath, that by two immutable
things in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have
a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon
the hope which is set before us. which hope we have as an
anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth
into that within the veil. We drink from the well of eternal
life, but whoso 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. I will give unto him that is
a thirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. If you would like a free transcript
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