Will you be an effective tool for God to dig wells for the new generation?

We not only read of Isaac reopening the wells his father had dug, but we also see him digging his own wells. Whereas we need to drink of the wells our fathers drank from, it is also true that each generation must dig its own wells. We can’t live in the past. We must dig new wells in our own generation.

The act of digging wells symbolizes going below the surface and seeing reality in more than a superficial manner. It alludes to revealing new sources of understanding and inspiration by willing to dig deeper than the surface. Just as digging a well is hard physical work, so too, spiritual advancement does not come without assertiveness and toil.

Well digging is always opposed. The Philistines fought with Isaac’s men over the well and claimed that the well was theirs. The devil never likes for wells to be dug in his territory and fights each effort to dig a well and disputes each claim that is made. If you are a generational well digger then you can expect opposition. He doesn’t want us enjoying new wells and doesn’t want us experiencing a mighty work on God in our generation.

Each new generation must make their own claims and possess as their own that which they can enjoy. The wells Abraham had dug Isaac in the next generation drank. The wells Isaac dug, the next generation drank.

Will you be an effective tool for God to dig wells for the new generation?