Faithful workers!
Genesis 26:14 He had so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.
32 That day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. They said, “We’ve found water!” 33 He called it Shibah,[f] and to this day the name of the town has been Beersheba.[g]
What I saw in chapter 26 of Genesis are the servants of Isaac who stood with him and dug wells for Isaac despite the severe opposition that Isaac faced in Gerar, towards the end we see Isaac persevering and digging wells again and again while his brother Esau was busy marrying again and again. (v 34) Look at the difference ..uh?
Don’t think it’s easy digging wells that were closed long ago, it’s tough job, since I watch people dig bore-wells near my home, they get laborers from other states to do it, but Isaac had many servants to do it for him. Amen. (read Genesis 26:14) When you obey God faithfully like Isaac, besides flocks and herds (resource for making money),God would send faithful servants and workers (not few but many) who would stick with you – no matter what. A bunch of good team workers are a blessing! This is awesome!
The servants of Isaac are depicted as diligent, loyal, hardworking, faithful who persevered in the midst of hostility. While they are rarely named, their labor in digging wells and their role as witnesses to God's provision are central to the themes of Genesis 26.
FAITHFUL WORKERS: After my salvation, I was like ‘burning for Christ’ and passionate about doing something for the Lord who saved me, along with my husband (who also got saved simultaneously) we spoke to the Sr Pastor’s wife and told her that we are eager to serve the Church and that’s how we took a step for God; however, the assistant pastor asked me, ‘do you have any prayer request? - bam, I told him, “ I need a caretaker for my infant son because I got to join duty.” Sincerely he prayed, ah, after few weeks the servant girl walked in and stayed with me for the next 14 years, the ‘ones’ sent by God would stay with you. Amen. When you serve God and obey Him, He takes care of you, I’m excited to share this.
People whom you think would come with you would not show up one day! Caveat! We got to have our hearts strengthened and you need to have the fortitude to move on without ‘such people’ who were with you 24/7. Somebody needs to be encouraged today! Do not completely trust someone and expect them to go with you where you are going, one day they would drop off, now hang on, this was the Lord’s doing. Amen. They cannot fit in now, their season is over, their bio-date would not match the kind of people that you may need in future. Your next level people would be different, there were many people who dropped me like hot potato and left me in the lurch; however, such treatment has made me stronger, sturdier and prayerfully depend on God for everything.
If you are in an important position with huge responsibilities, then you cannot afford to relax, be alert all the time and keep analyzing people. Don’t take things for granted, anybody listening?You got to be competent enough, confident, tough, wise, committed and determined to do your business successfully in the midst of gentile people, worshipping differently and who do not know your God. Isaac pitched his tent in the Valley of Gerar, and dwelt there, he 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. One day God would bless you like the way He blessed Issac.
