Old Wells

Unstop the wells

Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; and the Lord blessed him. The man began to prosper, and continued prospering until he became very prosperous; for he had possessions of flocks and possessions of herds and a great number of servants. So the Philistines envied him. Now the Philistines had stopped up all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, and they had filled them with earth. And Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we.”

Then Isaac departed from there and pitched his tent in the Valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. And Isaac dug again the wells of water which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham. He called them by the names which his father had called them.
Also Isaac’s servants dug in the valley, and found a well of running water there. But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” So he called the name of the well Esek, because they quarreled with him. Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over that one also. So he called its name Sitnah. And he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. So he called its name Rehoboth, because he said, “For now the Lord has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.”

Genesis 26:12-22 (NKJV)

The first mention of a well in Isaac's generation is found in the scripture above. Interesting it is mentioned not because wells are being discovered (Abraham had already done that) but because they had to be dug again (unstopped). In Genesis 21:22-32 we see that one of the wells Abraham dug became a dispute between him and the Philistines. Wells were part of God's blessing to Abraham and then to Isaac (they prospered in the land they were given) but they were also a point of contention. Abraham, the older generation, dug the well and he also fought to keep the well but with time the enemy came in and stopped the well. To receive the original blessing of the well, Isaac, the next generation, had to unstop the well. Is there a pattern to follow?

Are we the Isaacs of this generation?

Is Holy Spirit saying to us, "I have sent the Abrahams ahead of you to dig the well and establish a place where living waters can again be found, take on the mantle of Isaac, unstop the well."?

On Saturday, 25th May, a friend and I visited Moriah Chapel, Swansea, Wales. This is the Chapel in which Evan Roberts prayed, "Bend me, Lord". And God, in His mercy, answered and the rivers of heaven were unleashed.

I have wanted to go to Moriah Chapel for a long time. The seed had been firmly planted in 2010 as I listened to Beni Johnson share the testimony of a Welsh girl who had attended their Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry in Redding California. This Welsh girl beheld the angel of the 1904 revival, she was sent to awaken him to propel us into the next wave of living waters. Read the testimony here: Wakey Wakey!

The chapel was closed when we got there so we went around the back and prayed in the graveyard. As we sought the Lord there, with the sun shining on us, Holy Spirit gave me a new song:

I cry out to the old wells

I sing out to the rivers that run deep

Come forth, come forth

Wash this land

Wash our feet

Flood our nations

I cry out to the old wells

I sing out to the rivers of living waters

Come forth, come forth

My eyes were opened and God showed me that some of us had let our faith become like a graveyard, with old monuments that cried out "look what has been done" but there was no faith to proclaim "look what shall be done". I saw a picture of a dusty church. We repented and shook the dust off. He always gives us a way out, this is grace.

We sang, prayed and cried out for Father to pour out His Spirit until two women came through the side gate towards us. One of them was the secretary to the chapel and the other was a young lady from Manchester. The latter had heeded God's call to pray at Moriah Chapel that very weekend. 

The secretary, a kind-hearted soul, let us into the Chapel. After reading the brief history of the 1904 revival, I settled into a pew to pray. When you're in that place, soaked with such faith, such prayer, you can't help but feel reverence for the presence of God. After only a wee while of contemplative prayer, the young lady from Manchester burst out of her pew and said, "Would you mind if I just prayed out loud? Sometimes you just have to!" We told her to go for it.

Her sweet voice filled the air as she petitioned the Living God, I found myself very quickly on my knees, crying with her, desperate for the Lord. Desperate for Him. We cried out for mercy and God broke our hearts with His compassion as He led us through His Spirit to pray for among other things: young people, broken marriages, healing, reconciliation...

As we prayed I had a picture of wells being unstopped. I saw their covers bursting off and waters gushing forth, like fire hydrants loosed. I saw four wells in the same place being simultaneously unstopped as they burst forth, the water came with

such power that they were vertical columns. Even though the power of the water was so strong, people could easily walk through them and as they did, they were cleansed, they were made new.

Moriah Chapel is an old well. Evan Roberts (an Abraham) had been obedient and dug the well. He remained obedient in his covenant with the Lord as the Lord bent him and he died to the flesh. Who are the Isaac's that will unstop the old wells? 

Evan Roberts words are inscribed on the stone outside Moriah Chapel, it says:

Dear Friend. God loves you. Therefore, seek Him diligently; Pray to Him earnestly. Read His Word constantly. Yours in the Gospel. Evan Roberts.

The second picture I saw was of the nation being covered in water!
Everyone was ankle deep* in living waters. 

The Sea of Galilee

Thereafter, I saw a third picture of a farmer with a horse and cart. The cart was loaded with seed.

I have sent you to reap for that which you have not laboured; others have laboured and you have entered their labours. John 4:38 (NKJV)

Will there be resistance as we unstop the wells? Yes! Both Abraham and Isaac had quarrels with the Philistines who wanted possession of the waters. What did Isaac do? He unstopped another well and then again another one. The resistance did not stop him. 

And let us not grow weary while doing good for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. Galatians 6:7-10 (NKJV)

Does our faith need to be resurrected from the graveyard and unstopped so that we receive the eyes to see the old wells in our midst? Will you dare to shout "Wakey! Wakey!"?

The angel has been awakened, the momentum is available, the urgency is growing.

C'mon Isaac, get your spade out!

One of the words I received for this year is ACCELERATION.

There is a momentum available to us in the Spirit that will propel us with His power into a posture where we will see the will of Father manifesting quickly.

As we departed from Moriah Chapel, we made our way to Victory Church in Cwbran: Victory Church Outpouring. Here God is pouring out His spirit and we were able to partake in the already rising waters of an unstopped well, our feet are wet. Now that's what I call acceleration!


*A friend had a word from the Lord to go and pray at the beach morning and evening and let his feet be ankle deep in the water, this I heard today, 28th May.