THE WOMAN AT THE WELL “SINGING”
But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; , , and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; I Corinthians 1:27
My husband and I own a water well drilling business. Several years ago a local contractor hired our company to drill a well for a large tract of land he was developing. The large tracts of land were specifically to accommodate horse farms; in order to satisfy the county water requirements, he had to be able to provide an abundant amount of water to continue development.
Our driller had set up the machine and had been drilling for several days to no avail. No matter where we drilled we could not get more than 1 gallon per minute. The county required a minimum of 20 gallons per minute. The developer was beginning to panic. In desperation, the developer even hired professional “water witchers” to try to find a goodly water supply. These men came out with their divining rods, marking sites; however, these sites ended up being dry.
Each day the reports came in; “no water”. Each day became more and more critical and intense. I started praying. I knew that there was nothing too hard for GOD. The earth is the LORD’s. He created everything. He created water. I set my heart to inquire of the LORD what to do. I fell asleep that night praying. The next morning when I woke up the scripture from Numbers 21:17 kept coming to my mind. I kept hearing “Spring up O well; sing ye to it!” over and over. I jumped out of bed running down the hall to the kitchen. “I know what we need to do about the well!” I exclaimed as I entered the kitchen. My husband was standing beside the coffee pot looking grim. “What are you talking about?” he asked.
“I am talking about that well out there on the horse farm property. I know what we need to do. I need to go out there and sing to it!” My husband shook his head and stared at me blankly like I was “nuts”. My son had heard me running down the hall. He shouted out, “Ma! I don’t think I can take this kind of thing early in the day!” “Nothing is too hard for GOD!” I replied. “Nothing!”
That morning when our driller came into our office I called out to him. “Could you do me a favor and draw me a map out to the drill site?” He took a piece of computer paper and drew out the directions for me. As soon as all the crews were gone I picked up my Bible, my shofar, my anointing oil and headed to my car.
When I got to the site I saw the drilling rig set up in the middle of a huge excavated field. I got out of my car and headed toward the rig. When I got to the rig I asked the driller had he hit any water yet. “No.” he replied. He was staring at my Bible and Shofar, “What are you doing out here?” “Well, I just came out here to pray. I am going to walk around here a bit Don’t mind me. I just came to pray.” With that, I headed out across the field.
There was a portion of land that went down into a swag. I felt that I was to go to that place. When I got there I poured oil on the ground. I opened my Bible and read the scripture. Then I SANG the scripture. I blew my shofar and prayed. “LORD, this is the Word that YOU gave me. I know nothing is too hard for YOU. LORD, please let YOUR WATER SPRING UP. LORD, please let a WELL spring up in JESUS NAME.”I waved to the driller and his helper as I walked back across the field to my car.
The next day was Saturday. It was late afternoon. My husband came by the house. His phone rang just as he walked in the door. It was the driller. “What did you say happened?” my husband’s face looked concerned. “What? What?” You’re kidding!”
“What’s going on?” I asked. My husband kept waving me away with his hand. Finally, he stopped; his hand over the receiver he said, “The driller wanted to know if you would come out there and pray for him and his helper.” I didn’t know what to say. ” Why? What’s going on?” I asked.
“He said that yesterday when you went out there to pray right after you left the drill rig broke down. They couldn’t drill anymore. They ended up shutting everything down. They decided to move the rig over to where you were praying. Today, as they were drilling, the machine started making a strange noise. The drill stem seemed to lock up. They didn’t know if it were going to break down or blow up. All of a sudden water started spewing out everywhere. They have got well over 20 gallons per minute!! The entire job is saved!”
“It is the LORD!” I smiled. “The LORD knew exactly what needed to be done. He has answered our prayers. He has saved the day. Glory to HIS NAME.”
There is nothing too hard for GOD. Nothing.
In all things HE is FAITHFUL.
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. Jeremiah 33:3
I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. Isaiah 41:18
For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: Isaiah 44:3