Genesis 24:62 Now Isaac came from the way of Beer Lahai Roi, for he dwelt in the South.
In hebrew בְּאֵר לַחַי רֹאִי Bĕ’er la-Chay Ro’iy is the
“well of the Living One seeing me” so let’s break down the words and understand the meaning of the place name. Names have incredible meaning in scripture and we often overlook searching into names to find nuggets of truth.
- Be’er = water well (e.g. Beer-Sheva, Abrahams wells, aka well of seven)
- la-Chay = living one (same root as L’Chaim = to life)
- ro’iy = seeing me (similar to Roeh is a seer prophet)
Isaac found his destiny (wife Rebekah) by coming the way of the “well of the Living One seeing me”. It is so important that we travel on the heart journey by way of Beer Lahai Roi thus allowing the Lord to deal with deep heart issues. Until we deal with our deep heart issues it is impossible for us to reach our destiny.
A well is a place of refreshing, spiritually we need to be refreshed on our journey. It is the Holy Spirit that brings refreshing to us today. The living one seeing me is the process of refreshing when we allow it. As we drink of Him we open our hearts for the Lord to see into our heart.
In our times of meditation and worship God looks into us, particularly into our hearts. He is looking for people after His own heart. We must travel this way often and ideally on a daily basis.
In the context of our heart journey, allowing the Lord to see into our heart is critical to us finding true identity, relationship, purpose and destiny in Him.
1 Samuel 16:7 But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the LORD does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”
Once we understand the need for us to open our hearts transparently to the Lord we are then in a place where He can sort out the eternal issues of our lives. Issues include sin, loneliness, anxiety, distrust, and doubt etc.
There are examples of journeys taken by those before us. The bible describes Peter at three different points in his life. In Mark 14:26-31 and Mark 14:66-72, we see a fearful, embarrassed Peter (Simon) denying Jesus three times immediately following his arrest in Jerusalem. A different Peter is seen in Acts 4:5-20 after Jesus was crucified. This much-changed, empowered Peter healed the lame and boldly proclaimed Jesus before the Jewish authorities. John 21:1-19 provides yet another view of Peter’s heart journey. In this scripture, Peter and the other disciples encounter the risen Lord on the sea of Galilee, the third time Jesus had appeared to the disciples after being crucified. Three times Jesus asks Peter, “Do you love me?…then feed my sheep.” Peter needed Jesus to see into his heart in John 21 to be restored to Peter the rock and not just be the Simon he had been.
King David also knew this and even when he had sinned grievously knew he needed a complete repentant change of heart that only our relationship with the Lord can produce.
Psalm 51:6 Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts, and in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom.
Psalm 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
It is when our hearts are open that we can be healed of the orphan spirit that separates us from Abba Father (Romans 8:15). This is what Jesus did for us on the cross and is what the Holy Spirit is ministering to us right now.
Psalm 63:1 O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly. My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
The heart cry of us all is to know Him as God our Father. This is true whether we know Him or not. It is only when we are in true heart relationship with Him we are truly free. So our prayer for you all today is that you would know the Lord and your heart would be His. We pray that you would come by the way of Beer Lahai Roi and allow the Lord into your heart so that your heart beats in sync with His heart.
1 John 4:19 We love Him because He first loved us.
Matthew 22:37 Jesus said to him, “You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 ‘This is the first and great commandment.’ 39 “And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’ 40 “On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.’