The Water Well

I obtained a simply call from a buddy of mine. He desired me to aid him dig a perfectly for a smaller church in the edge of the subsequent county. More than the years, this church experienced quite a few problems, like the wells heading...

I received a get in touch with from a friend of mine. He preferred me to help him dig a nicely for a tiny church in the edge of the next county. Around the years, this church experienced lots of problems, such as the wells likely dry. When he questioned me to support, I felt the presence of the Lord so I understood that the Lord had just presented me yet another mission.

I loaded my resources on my aged Datsun pickup (it was working with so significantly oil that I just poured the oil about the motor and allow it leak via the cracks! Not genuinely just kidding, even though it did use substantially oil). I drove the 16 miles to the church where some other people had gathered to assistance dig the effectively. Ahead of we commenced, we all joined collectively in a circle of prayer and requested the Lord to bless our attempts and the church.

Right after prayer, I reported, "Let me go down in that aged open effectively to see if it could be cleaned out." I climbed down a ladder, and at about 12 ft, saw that the nicely was clogged up with all kinds of particles. I climbed up the ladder and stated, "This nicely represents what has took place to this church in excess of the years. It requires a new refreshing spring of water...a new perfectly."

One aged gentleman there said, "Well, you can test to dig a new nicely but you possibly is not going to be thriving. All of the other five wells have been failures." These wells had been dug at places where by a person experienced used a divining adhere to identify where by the underground supply of h2o was. I understood the use of divination was not of God (Deuteronomy eighteen.10).

I prayed and requested the Lord to clearly show me exactly where to dig. I know God is familiar with wherever all the things is found. He answered my prayer, and confirmed me a spot and advised me we would hit water at 29 toes. We commenced to dig and points started heading completely wrong. Pipes broke. Pumps tore up. The enemy certain failed to want us to get h2o!

A few days afterwards, great refreshing drinking water was flowing from that 29 toes deep well. The church commenced to prosper and develop and 12 decades later on, the drinking water is however flowing...despite the intense drought the point out of Georgia seasoned. Not only that, the church membership grew and grew, and the Lord carries on to bless that church to this working day.

The working day we hit h2o, I still left to go again home. My aged Datsun's motor blew up, and I was stranded beside the highway. Within just five minutes, a person pulled over and available to give me a experience. He mentioned, "I typically don't prevent to enable any one but for some purpose I had to prevent." As he drove me house, I informed him what I had been accomplishing and about some of the adult males who experienced helped. 1 of these males was his 1st cousin who he hadn't viewed in awhile. I finished up conversing to this male about Jesus and praying for him. Even the breakdowns and stops are ordered by the Lord.