A Roadmap to Legacy
Four Wells: Renew, Abandon, Prosper, and Build
Intro: One Word, Many Streams
Many times, the word of the Lord comes with such power, such multifaceted grace, that it speaks in layers. Like Jesus’ words about wine and wineskins—one statement, yet preached countless ways, touching every corner of the heart depending on the need. The Word is alive.
As Paul reminds us:
2 Timothy 3:16
“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness.”
It does not return void—it multiplies. It penetrates. It flows.
I felt the Lord whisper a single word, a single story, but with four distinct wells. Each well symbolizes a part of our spiritual journey. Four wells—each a marker in Isaac’s life and ours.
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Genesis 26:12–25 — The Story of the Wells
In this passage, Isaac reaps a hundredfold harvest, drawing attention from the Philistines. His prosperity is challenged, and the story unfolds around a series of wells—sources of life, inheritance, and identity.
Wells in the Bible are more than infrastructure—they represent inheritance, flow, life, identity, and spiritual legacy.
Let’s look at Four Wells—and where you are in this journey.
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Well #1: Renew & Rename – The Well of Inheritance
Genesis 26:15, 18
“The Philistines filled up all of Isaac’s wells with dirt… Isaac reopened the wells his father had dug… and restored the names.”
These are inherited wells—you didn’t dig them, but they are yours by lineage, by spiritual inheritance, by grace. These might be promises over your life, prayers of parents and grandparents, prophetic words you’ve forgotten.
But they’ve been filled in—with disappointment, distractions, trauma, or sin.
These wells once gave life, but now seem silent.
Prophetic Question:
What well that once brought me life has been stopped up by the enemy?
Response:
Like Isaac, don’t just reopen and renew the flow—rename. Restore purpose. Reclaim identity.
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1 Timothy 4:14
“Do not neglect the gift you received through the prophecy spoken over you…”
Prophetic Prayer:
Holy Spirit, show us what has been stopped up in our lives. Reopen the ancient wells. Show us their names—their original design. We call them what You call them. Let the flow return.
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Well #2: Abandon & Move On – The Well of Contention
Genesis 26:20–21
“They argued over it… So Isaac named the well Esek (argument). They dug another, and again there was a dispute—so he named it Sitnah (hostility).”
These are wells we’ve dug ourselves—places we’ve hoped would bring peace or identity. But every time we try to draw life, we find strife, brokenness, and bitterness.
You may have built it yourself, but the fruit is war. You keep drinking, and it keeps wounding, poisoning your life.
Jeremiah 2:13
“My people… have dug for themselves cracked cisterns that can hold no water at all.”
This is the well at the bottom of vices, of addictions, of relationships and decisions that bring more harm than healing.
Prophetic Question:
Where have I dug for life, but only found hostility?
Isaac abandons them.
“Abandoning that one, Isaac moved on…”
Prophetic Prayer:
Father, show us the wells we need to walk away from—places that rob our peace and poison our joy. We choose to move on. We forgive. We release. We step away from empty cisterns and hostile waters.
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Well #3: Rehoboth – The Well of Open Space
Genesis 26:22
“Isaac dug another well… and there was no dispute. He named it Rehoboth (open space), saying, ‘At last the Lord has created enough space for us to prosper.’”
This is the well of peace. The season after striving. The fruit of persistence. The place where God gives space to grow, to thrive, to breathe.
Rehoboth is a prophetic place. It’s not just a well—it’s a word for 2024. God is bringing us to open space.
John 7:37–38
“Anyone who believes in me may come and drink… Rivers of living water will flow from his heart.”
John 4:10–14
“The water I give becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving eternal life.”
This is the well within you, the Spirit of God rising like a river. Rehoboth is both a place and a person—the space Jesus opens in your soul for the Spirit to flow.
Prophetic Prayer:
Father, we declare Rehoboth—open space in our homes, our families, our churches. Let the rivers of living water break out from within us. Let your Spirit bubble and overflow!
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Well #4: Legacy – The Well Dug in Beersheba
Genesis 26:23–25
“The Lord appeared to him… ‘I will multiply your descendants’… Isaac built an altar… and his servants dug another well.”
This well wasn’t for Isaac—it was for the generations that would come after him.
Beersheba is the well of legacy.
After intimacy with God, Isaac doesn’t just worship—he digs. Not out of need, but out of prophetic obedience. He knows his children’s children will need to drink from what God is doing now.
This is the future well—what you’re building in prayer, worship, leadership, and legacy for those yet to come.
Malachi 4:6
“He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers…”
Prophetic Question:
What well am I digging for those who come after me?
Prophetic Prayer:
God, we dig now for legacy. For the future of the church, for the ones we’ll never see, for sons and daughters to drink deep of Your Spirit. Let this well never run dry.
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Conclusion: Four Wells and One River
Each well is a chapter:
1. Reopen/Renew inheritance—dig into the promises and wells dug before you.
2. Abandon hostility—walk away from the places that cost your peace.
3. Prosper in Rehoboth—receive the Spirit’s open space and flow.
4. Build in Beersheba—dig for the next generation.
These are not just ancient stories—they are prophetic maps for your season.
Now, ask yourself:
Which well am I standing at today?
What’s the Spirit saying to me about the flow of life in this season?
And finally…
“Anyone who drinks the water I give will never be thirsty again.”
– Jesus, John 4:14