Genesis 26:22
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.
I love this.
Isaac had already gone through Esek, which was contention. He had already gone through Sitnah, which was hatred. He had already felt the pressure of finding water, only to have somebody come along and fight over it. But he did not stop. He moved on, dug again, and this time there was no striving.
So he called the place Rehoboth.
Room.
That will preach, because so many people quit one well too soon. They hit contention and assume they missed God. They hit resistance and think the whole thing must not be the Lord’s will. They run into misunderstanding, pressure, opposition, and they conclude that it must be over.
But Isaac did not think that way.
He just kept digging.
He did not camp in Esek.
He did not build a house in Sitnah.
He did not sit down in self pity and say, “What’s the use?”
He moved on and dug again.
That is such a word for people who are tired, frustrated, and tempted to give up. Sometimes the reason you have not found your Rehoboth yet is not because God has forgotten you. It is because Esek was not your final place. Sitnah was not your final place. The contention was real. The hatred was real. But neither one was the end of the story.
Rehoboth was still ahead.
And when Isaac got there, he did not say, “At last, I made room for myself.” No. He said, “The Lord hath made room for us.” That is the difference. When the Lord makes room, you do not have to manipulate it, force it, defend it, or strain to hold it together. He opens what no man can shut. He creates space that striving could never produce.
And with that room came fruitfulness.
“We shall be fruitful in the land.”
That is what the heart longs for. Not just activity. Not just motion. Fruitfulness. A place where the hand of God is so clearly upon you that there is room to breathe, room to grow, room to serve, room to become what He intended. Not because you fought your way into it, but because the Lord, in His own time, made room.
That is why you cannot stop at the second well.
A lot of people do. They dig once and there is strife. They dig again and there is hatred. And then they throw up their hands and say, “I guess this is not going to happen. I guess I am done. I guess I might as well settle here.”
No. Keep digging.
Move down the road if you have to.
Let go of the fight if you need to.
Refuse to let bitterness chain you to the place of contention.
But keep digging.
The enemy would love to wear you down before you get to Rehoboth. He would love to convince you that because there was resistance, there will never be room. But that is not true. Often the place of room comes only after the seasons of striving. God uses those seasons not only to prepare a place for you, but to prepare you for the place. He uses the stretching, the questions, the delays, and the disappointments to shape something in you that will matter when the room finally opens.
So do not quit at Esek.
Do not settle at Sitnah.
Do not mistake the battle for the end of the story.
Keep digging until the Lord gives room.
Because He still does that.
And when He does, you will know it. There will be peace instead of striving. There will be room instead of pressure. There will be fruitfulness instead of frustration. And you will be able to say, not with pride but with gratitude, “The Lord made room for us.” Adapted from the user-provided pasted text.