Genesis 26:18–22
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
Our evangelicalism is often a mile wide and an inch deep. We want the blessings of God without the burdens of history. We want to drink from wells we did not dig, and when those wells are stopped up by the enemies of God, we are often too timid, too polite, or too ignorant to do the hard work of digging them again. We would rather find a new spot, a new method, a new brand, than contend for the old paths. The story of Isaac in Gerar is a story about water, but it is about much more than water. It is a story about covenant inheritance, about the nature of spiritual conflict, and about the quiet, stubborn faithfulness that God requires of His people in a world that is determined to fill in every well of blessing with the dirt of unbelief.