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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - 5/09/2025

FRIDAY - 5TH SEPTEMBER, 2025

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola & Oreoluwa ADEJUMO

NO MORE FIGHTING OVER LIMITED RESOURCES - For The Sake Of A Room Series 005

Genesis 26:22, KJV

"And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land."

Isaac was contended with how many times? Two times! Those two times were when he dug and they seized his wells (Gen. 26:19-21).

I wonder what sort of neighbours the Philistines were. Have you had an encounter with such people before? Irrespective of what you say or do, you're always wrong. Even when you keep quiet, you'll still be wrong. That's a strong spirit of contention that you'll need to bind and cast out. The Bible speaking in Psalms 120:5-7 says, "5 woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! 6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. 7 I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war."

Imagine that experience. It takes strength from God not to be tired. These are humans that the devil is manifesting through in order to vex you. 

Why did they contend for the two wells Isaac dug and consequently gained the lands or surroundings where the wells were dug? It may be because they still don't want Isaac to be near them. They may fear the Spirit and the Lord who's with him. That's what Abimelech feared in the life of Abraham before they came to cut a covenant with him once (Gen.21:22-23). They were afraid of him growing bigger and encroaching into them. So, they'll rather send Isaac away to a farther place. They know that if they make no room for him, he'll keep moving on. 

You know, Sarah requested the same thing though without being in fear of what Ishmael could become. She said to Abraham, "send away the child of the bond woman" (Gen. 21:10). She simply doesn't want any competition or interference with her family affairs. She wanted the family to be nuclear - Abraham, herself and their son!

So, the Philistines here could have shifted and persisted in shifting Isaac because they wanted to send him far off. To their mind, that's how to get rid of someone you don't want to see. They know they couldn't touch or kill him but their hatred for him reveals itself in their not accommodating him or making space for him anywhere near them.

If both of them had continued in that land, it could have gotten to where Abraham and Lot got to where their herdmen fought over land and space having increased greatly (Gen.13:6-7).

When Isaac got to Rehoboth - the revelation was simple. Nobody came to argue a well with him. Nobody contested the land with him. He rather found rest. He found settlement. It means all the resources in that new settlement is Isaac's. The green herbs and the fertile soil are all his. If there are resources in the ground, it means they are his. In Rehoboth, there are no more fightings caused by fear of limited resources. Rather, one is let alone to eat the good of the land. May you be tossed to such a place!

PRAYER: All arguments, jangling, opposition and rivalry end over me now. I enter into my possession and I know sweet rest.

BIBLE IN A YEAR

Ephesians 3; Proverbs 11-13

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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - 5/09/2025

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