Genesis 26
After this, there was very little food in that land, but God took care of Isaac and his family. God showed Himself to Isaac and told him to live in that land as before. He said, “I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.” “Thy Seed” means one child. That means that all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in the Lord Jesus Christ (Gal. 3:1616Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. (Galatians 3:16)).
The most important thing is the promise of the true, living God; for His promise is given to us too. His promise means this: In the Lord Jesus Christ, many people in all countries shall be blessed. Today, many countries are passing through troubles, as floods, high taxes, war, and other troubles. Although many people ask for “Blessing”, yet every day there are more troubles. Why? Because people have not gone to the right place for real blessing. God made the promise, but who listens? And so, the troubles. If you want real blessing, you must get it in the Lord Jesus. He calls all countries, all day long, wanting to bless all who will believe Him.
God blessed Isaac greatly and made him a very rich man; he had many sheep, cattle and servants, so other people envied him. Isaac’s servants dug wells for water, and others filled them with earth, or took the wells for themselves, but he did not fight for them; he just dug a well in another place. Then they stole that one. Isaac moved away and dug another well, and as they did not fight for it, Isaac named it Rehoboth, (meaning “Room”) for he said, “Now the Lord hath made room for us and we shall be fruitful in the land.” When we get the blessing of the true God, we need not fight with others; God will look after us. Isaac knew that God would give him the land and all the wells, so he waited for God. He moved again, and the Lord appeared to him saying, “Fear not.” So Isaac built an altar there and called upon the name of the Lord, and put his tent there. He was a stranger. He dug a well there also for water for his cattle. We, the believers of the Lord Jesus, should be like Isaac. The first thing is an altar. That means to worship and to call upon God. The second thing is a tent. That means we are pilgrims, strangers, in this earth. Lastly, we need a well. That is God’s Word, the holy living water of life to drink every day.