I visited a site with my uncle earlier this
year at a rocky and mountainous region in Oyo state. We went there to
supervise the job and to ensure that it was done to the satisfaction of
the client.
The operation we went to supervise was to bore
a hole deep into the ground that it might become a reservoir where water
can be pumped and fetched for various uses.
I was among the threesome that went to
supervise the site. I was happy and giddy with joy. Why? It was my first
time visiting a site where boreholes are constructed. It was my first
rodeo and I couldn’t wait to enjoy it.
My uncle’s friend was the driver and he drove
us expertly to the site over rocky areas, sloppy land and uphill until
we got to the location, the borehole truck driving gently and following
our own car that was navigating the course of the road.
We got there very early in the morning looking
fresh and immaculate. The workers who will be operating the borehole
truck alighted off the truck and started dismantling and compiling the
parts of the machine that it may be ready for use.
We left the site in the dead of the evening,
the operators had to dig deep past over eight layers of the soil strata
before they broke through the final layer and water started flowing.
It was a lovely experience for me. I got the
chance to watch as water was pumped out of the soil, from dirty water to
pure and clean water that I am sure will taste sweet and be refreshing
when gulped.
I realized on our way back home, though tired
and weary that this is the same way we had to dig our well in every area
of our lives. It takes a lot of preparation to dig a well. You have to
have all the instruments needed and you must be skillful in their use
and implementation in order to make use of them. And if you then possess
all the technical skills, you must be patient enough to follow the
process of time for you to dig through all the barriers preventing you
from reaching the fountain that is pure and full of sweetness.
To dig our well into the presence of God, we
have to use the tools that have been given to us to press into him, we
must use the Word, prayer and fasting and while doing this, we must do
it with the whole of our heart. We must use the tool of honor to bolster
our relationship with God, man and the principles of life.
And as we use these tools, we must be patient
enough to follow the process of time for the results to manifest and
for us to drink from the well of abundance, blessing and prosperity.
So that our well will be fruitful like the one
at the site of Elim. Yea! Our well will become a well of life where
anyone that drinks from it will never thirst again.
In God’s Love,
Okunola Peace.
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