Dry sand and deep wells
\n\u201cAnd they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore
\nand ten palm trees; and they encamped there by the waters.\u201d Exodus 15:27<\/p>\n
A great wilderness lay between Israel and Canaan; a vast unfriendly,
\nharsh land that stretched out before them across which they could not
\nsurvive without the presence and power of God. This wilderness is in
\nfigure a picture of this world. What they experienced physically all
\nbelievers experience spiritually. Spiritually there is nothing in this
\nworld to sustain, nourish, or preserve the child of God. Everything he
\nneeds must be supplied of God and come to him by sovereign irresistible
\ngrace. It is exactly the harsh environment of this wilderness that
\nbrings to the believer\u2019s heart the sweet experience of grace. Elim
\noffers nothing to the intellectual; just palm trees and wells. Elim
\noffers nothing to the mystic; its waters and trees were just waters and
\ntrees. But, oh, to the man whose tongue cleaved to the roof of his
\nmouth, to the sojourner whose back had been burnt under that blazing
\nson; to him those seventy palms and twelve wells was nearly Canaan
\nitself. Looking at Elim as a place of refreshing in the wilderness I see
\nit manifest in figure three ways.<\/p>\n
First, I see this blessed place of rest in the wilderness represented in
\nChrist. \u201cCome unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will
\ngive you rest.\u201d (Matthew 11: 28) It is Christ himself who is our rest.
\nIt is his blessed person that refreshes the heart and satisfies the soul.<\/p>\n
Secondly, Elim and its refreshing wells are represented to us in this
\ngospel age as the local church. God\u2019s church is the pillar and ground of
\nthe truth. He has put them strategically so that all who journey through
\nthis wilderness, on their way to Canaan, are sure to drink from its
\nwells and rest in its shade.<\/p>\n
Thirdly, Elim is represented in our day by the regenerating, renewing,
\nand converting work of the Holy Spirit of God. All of the refreshing
\nwaters of Christ are drawn up for us by his presence and power.<\/p>\n
It is the wilderness experience that makes Elim\u2019s water so precious.
\nNever till we are weary and heavy laden will we appreciate Elim\u2019s rest.
\nThank God for dry sand and deep wells. \u2013 Darvin Pruitt
\nDarvin Pruitt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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