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Category: NEW AND LIVING WAY APOSTOLIC CHURCH

Published: Thursday, 10 September 2009 19:18

Written by Mark Neddeau

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2 Samuel 17:17 - 19 - Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel: for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told King David.  Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down.  And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.

As with every scripture of any size, there is a deep spiritual application to these words.  The part I wish to bring out to you is found in verse 18, completed in verse 19 and it deals with the well specifically.  The two men in question were part of King David's troupe and were hiding from Absalom, who intended to kill King David and any who were with him, that could threaten Absalom's Reign.  It's interesting to note that Absalom is never referred to as king throughout these verses, though he sat on the throne, and David is, though he did not!  Your station in life is not related to your physical circumstance, God knows your heart and where he intends to place you.

They came into a court yard and found a well.  They were looking for a hiding place, when it became known that Absalom may know their whereabouts.  The court yard belonged to a man who must have been wealthy, because teh land they were in was a desert.  It had little water, and wells were no doubt precious things back then.  Anyone possessing one was no doubt well off, or blessed.  They decided, after conferring with the woman at the house to hide in the well.  She spread a cloth over them, then spread corn over the cloth.  This was because the well was no doubt a simple hole in the ground, dug for water, and the cloth and corn were commonplace effects for the working of meal.

Let's look deeper...A well is a place where water issues from the earth.  Our bodies are often likened onto the earth, having been brought out of the clay by God.  The bible also tells us out of our bellies (deep in the earth) will flow rivers of living water; a spiritual representation of a well, if I ever heard one.  People dig wells to find the resource they need.  We need to dig into the Word and Spirit of God to find the resource WE need.  Once achieved, a proper well can sustain us indefinitely and, in a desert, such a well is a valuable commodity.  There are times in our lives when we feel dry, deserted, left to our own devices by God.  It is in these times that we must dig for the resource, dip back into the wellspring of our experience and pull out the truth and fruit.  The life-giving waters of the Spirit.  We need to be hidden in that well; we need to be contained within the tunnel that funnels!  The water that comes from God has no choice but to come through us.  It flows through our worship and our study and our prayer.  If we don't hide within it we will watch it dry up. 

The woman at the well covered the well.  We are to season everything we do with prayer.  Seasonings are a covering that goes on food.  It prepares and flavors the food, ensuring by its work that the food is not bland or lifeless.  That covering is our prayer life, the sprinkling of the blood through repentance, and the constant worship of our God.  Without it, hiding in the well is useless.  Absalom could have easily looked down the shaft and saw the men.  But the covering protected them.  Ask yourself, are you adequately covering yourself?  Are you leaving parts of your prayer life, parts of your waterflow, uncovered?  Naked to the enemy?  Or are you taking the time to ensure that the covering is in place by adequately preparing your life and spirit within God, and over the wellspring of life he has given you?

Next she spread corn.  The corn was food.  When you have adequately covered yourself, you need to feed.  You need the Word of God.  Without adequate food, the body dies.  Without adequate bread of life the spirit dies.   Back then bread was very often made of cornmeal or wheat.  It symbolizes the need to spread that food around, to ensure that we are sharing the bread of life, and moreso, providing ample measure to meet the needs of our lives.  The Word camoflauges our heart, changing the landscape.  It makes it harder for temptations to penetrate, harder for the enemy to find a weakness, and thus expose and then collapse our well.  If we are covered in a hidden well we are far more likely to perservere when troubles hit: when the enemy comes around looking to upset us or uproot us.  Our wells must be open to allow flow, but covered enough to protect us in the dry and difficult seasons of our lives.

Spread is a key word here for us, because we cannot clump our blessings in one place.  The camoflauge only works if we spread it around, if we make it look like a place that is well used, and constantly covered, the enemy will not be able to discover our hiding place and stop it up. 

I hope you will open your heart to this word, and see that it is possible to have an open but covered well, and it is necessary from time-to-time to hide yourself in it.  Keep your well open, but covered and you will always be hidden under the shadow of the Almighty.

In Love,

Elder Mark

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