Focus: Wells of Salvation

Text: Isa.12:3

"Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation."

This short chapter of Isaiah is deep, as deep as the wells themselves. In this chapter of Isaiah we have only SIX verses, but the name of God appears SEVEN times in it. God made the earth in six days and rested on the seventh day. So six is for productive labor and seven for perfect rest.

Verse 3 has no name of God in it, but that is the verse where we find the Wells of Salvation as provided by YHVH.

These wells are not for everyone; they are wells for the saved only. It is called the Wells of Salvation. Verse 2 says, "Behold, God is my SALVATION… for the LORD JEHOVAH is my STRENGTH and my SONG; he ALSO is become my SALVATION." God is not just our Savior, but our very salvation. God in our life is salvation. He saved us. He is saving us in the present by His presence. He will keep saving us till we arrive in heaven.

His salvation has given us a song. The songs of salvation are bubbling in us. We are saved, and so, we sing. The first thing Israel did after coming out of Egypt was singing. They sang to the Lord. Let the redeemed of the Lord say so. Let the saved of the Lord sing to Him.

The Lord has saved us from eternal damnation. He has rescued our soul from hell. He has taken away our sorrows and brought comfort into our hearts. Mercy has conquered our misery. God has turned our mistakes into miracles and has forever un-messed our mess. He has broken our yokes of bondage and delivered us from the kingdom of darkness and the power of Satan. The Son of God has set us free and given us eternal life. Yes, our past is past and our future is looking good. His strength is made perfect in our weakness.

Amazingly, we now have Wells resulting from the Salvation of the Lord. Wells accompany our salvation. Wells flow from Calvary's Altar. From the Cross of our salvation flows the Wells. From the pierced side of our Savior, the wells flow forth. They are living springs.

It is called Wells because they are many. The immensity of it is awe-inspiring. They are in abundance. They are inexhaustible. They address all issues of life. They are enlivening and reviving. They are comforting and refreshing. They quench our thirst and restore our souls. They infuse us with fresh energy and cure us of our ills. They are the wells of faith.

When Israel left Egypt, they came to Shur and found no water. They moved to Marah and found bitter water. Then God showed Moses a tree that He used to make the bitter water tasty. The tree of Calvary is still transforming the bitter water into sweet. Then they came to Elim and found twelve wells, and that is like one well for each tribe. There is a well with your name on it. O yes, the wells are many! They are wells of wellness, wellbeing, and welfare. They are relishing, reviving, healing, cleansing, and quenching spiritual thirst.

These wells inspire joy. The knowledge that these wells are available and availing cause our joy to bubble. We sense joy welling up in us just by knowing of these wells. We are yet to taste it, but our whole being is already set to music. Joy is already saturating our inner being. We are already excited in anticipation, knowing that our God has blessed us with multidimensional wells. As we are still making our way to the well, we are already joyful. We are glad going to church and overjoyed coming back from church. We feel good in our spirit and rejoice in our God. Wells speak of surplus or that which is in excess. It speaks of superabundance.

We are told to draw from our wells, not dig another. You need not dig for another well, but you need to draw from the wells God has once and for all provided for us. It is time for us to draw as much as we want from these wells.

They are waters of rest; they give rest to our souls. Draw and drink from wells that you didn't dig. They are wells of God's grace. We move from the place of labor to the place of rest. The wells are already there waiting to be accessed, appropriated, and enjoyed. According to John 4:14 and 7:38, the wells are already inside of us, and according to John 7:39, they are the wells of the Spirit. The Spirit sets up a fountain in us. I call it, 'the fountain of the indwelling Spirit' in us. It is an inward reality. God is to be enjoyed, not endured. It is time to move away from "wells without water" to the wells of salvation (2Pet.2:17). They sustain us in our journey of faith.

by Bishop Moses E. Peter