The Wells of Salvation

"Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation."
                    -Isaiah 12:2, 3


This morning I was flipping through my Bible and I stopped at this verse and, for some reason, it really jumped out at me.  I asked myself what it truly means to "draw water out of the wells of salvation." As I was meditating on this passage of Scripture, I thought about how water is absolutely necessary to our survival.  Without water, we die.  In the same way, if our souls do not receive the nourishment that they need, they too will die. But where does that nourishment come from?  "The wells of salvation." In other words, our souls must draw their sustenance from God's grace, mercy, and truth. 

The second thing that came to my mind was that, in Bible times, drawing water was a frequent task. It wasn't something that you could do once a month, or even once a week.  It was a daily task.   Similarly, we can't have a Sunday to Sunday relationship with God.  In fact, I would go as far as to say that we can't even have a day to day relationship with Him.  It has to be a minute by minute, walking around relationship with Jesus.     

I was also reminded of what Jesus said to the woman at the well:

"But whosoever 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."
                  -John 4:14


The water that is drawn from the well of salvation is no ordinary water.  It is Living Water, and those who drink of it never thirst again.

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