Joshua 15:18 And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?
Joshua 15:19 Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.
There
are both upper and nether springs. They are springs, not stagnant
pools.
There are joys and blessings that flow from above through the
hottest summer and the most desert land of sorrow and trial.
The lands
of Achsah were "south lands," lying under a burning sun and often
parched with burning heat.
But from the hills came the unfailing
springs, that cooled, refreshed and fertilized all the land.
There are
springs that flow in the low places of life, in the hard places, in the
desert places, in the lone places, in the common places, and no matter
what may be our situation, we can always find these upper springs.
Abraham
found them amid the hills of Canaan. Moses found them among the rocks
of Midian.
David found them among the ashes of Ziklag when his property
was gone, his family captives and his people talked of stoning him, but
"David encouraged himself in the Lord."
Habakkuk found them when the fig
tree was withered and the fields were brown, but as he drank from them
he could sing: "Yet will I rejoice in the Lord and joy in the God of my
salvation."
Isaiah found them in the awful days of
Sennacherib's invasion, when the mountains seemed hurled into the midst
of the sea...
But faith could sing: There is a river whose streams make
glad the city of God.
God is in the midst of her: she shall not be
moved.
The martyrs found them amid the flames, and
reformers amid their foes and conflicts...
And we can find them all the
year if we have the Comforter in our hearts and have learned to say with
David: "All my springs are in thee."
How many and how precious these
springs, and how much more there is to be possessed of God's own
fulness!
~A. B. Simpson~
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