The Spiritual Side of an Artesian Well

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 (Excerpt from Cheryl Gnagey's Spiritual Healing:  The Surrender That Brings Victory, Chapter 10)


Hello dear readers!  I am back from our Women's Retreat, and I want to share something with you that is a wonderful picture of what surrender can look like in your life.  This is a 2-part blog, so don't miss reading it tomorrow!

"Several years ago, God gave me a picture of part of His creation that reveals one of His spiritual principles so clearly.  I love it when He does that!  This natural world we live in will often paint us a picture of the spiritual realm of our lives.  The picture He painted for me was that of an artesian well.  Study for a moment the picture [accompanying this blog].  It should help you visualize the truth to follow.

You might be asking yourself this question:  'What is an artesian well?'  I asked myself the same question when it was presented in our home school curriculum in science.  In order to teach it, I had to know exactly what it was.  So I did a little research in the encyclopedia, but I found a form of this simple picture in a set of children's science reference books.  As I looked at the picture, the explanation, and a definition from Webster's Dictionary, it was not long before I sensed God speaking to my soul regarding the artesian well as a picture of our repentance, but even more as a picture of the power of surrender!

Let's get a good working understanding of an artesian well.  Like all wells, its water is reached by boring into the earth.  But by God's design, when the drilling reaches the water that is stored up in an artesian well, it sprays up like a fountain with great power because it is under great pressure beneath the ground.  Now that you know that, does the picture make a little more sense?

So, just how was the artesian well created?  It all begins with rain.  Rain hits the ground and saturates the surface land.  Usually an artesian well is formed  when the rain water reaches the layers of rock beneath the surface, the first layer being porous rock.  The water passes through the holes in the rock quickly and easily, moving downward as it seeks the lowest level by the path of least resistance.  It fills every hole it finds.  It continues its downward advance until it reaches the lowest level of rock.  There it is trapped between layers of impermeable rock, and there it is kept contained until heavy machinery is used to bore deeply through the walls of the impermeable rock.  Once the drill reaches the pressurized water, it spews forth, shooting upward with great power and force.  It resembles a geyser as it explodes upward.

Now here is where it gets fun!  Looking at the spiritual application we can glean from the artesian well, it can now minister to us as we begin to see how perfectly the artesian well is a picture of the power of surrender in our lives."

But I am not going to share that with you until tomorrow!  Check back than to get the full disclosure!