GENESIS 26:22.
Conflict is not fun. It can lead to a reverse in the progress we have made in life. This was the case with Isaac, the son of Abraham.
Just as He had with his father, God lavished His favour on Isaac. When Isaac planted his crops one year, he harvested a hundred times more grain than he planted. He acquired so many flocks of sheep and goats, herds of cattle, and servants that the Philistines became jealous of him and filled up all of his wells with dirt – the wells that had been dug by the servants of his father, Abraham.
The conflict increased to the point that he was ordered to leave the country. “Go somewhere else,” he demanded, “for you have become too powerful for us.” Genesis 26:16.
So Isaac moved away to the Gerar Valley where he hoped he could live in peace. There he re-dug the wells that the Philistines had filled in. Isaac’s servants also dug a new well and discovered fresh water.
But the conflict continued as shepherds from Gerar claimed the spring as their own. So Isaac’s men dug in another location, but again there was a dispute over it, so Isaac named it “Sitnah,” which means “hostility.”
Abandoning these wells, Isaac moved on and dug yet another well. “This time there was no dispute over it, so he named the place Rehoboth (which means ‘open space’) for he said, ‘At last the LORD has created enough space for us to prosper in this land.”
Beloved, if we must wax strong and move forward in life we must avoid every form of conflicts. Build a Rehoboth today because peaceful space is needed for expansion, since God’s blessings are unlimited.
