Now, the area around Gerar was arid, desert land. So, water was a precious commodity. To stop up someone’s well was a serious crime and could well start a war. But Isaac moved everything and everyone he had to the Valley of Gerar. He reopened the wells that his father had dug but moved again because Philistine shepherds continued to dispute his ownership of them, not once but twice. Isaac and his men dug a new well. The Philistines again claimed it. So, he moved again and dug another well with the same result. Finally, he moved again and dug a third well. When that third well was dug there were no disputes. Isaac knew that God had given them room to grow and flourish. He named it Rehoboth: “Now the Lord has given us room and we will flourish.”
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OH, I REMEMBER THAT PLACE
We can have a place like Beersheba, either in our hearts or even a particular place special to your heart. It is the place where your burden of sin was lifted. It is a place where you can call on the Name of the Lord and He will be there. Where we can go for peace, for healing, for help or just to be with the Lord. Jesus had a place. It was in the mountains. There are a number of places in the Scripture where Jesus went into the mountains to be by Himself to pray. Our place can be ours alone or shared with others.
