THE WELL OF LIFE

Proverbs 10:11

A well is a hole dug to access underground water. Every well must contain uncontaminated water for it to be called a well. A good well has a source that springs water timely making the well water living, available and safe for drinking.

Any well that turns bad becomes a pond. That is, a shallow hole that doesn’t have a sustainable source from the underground. It often contains contaminated, smelly, irritating water unsafe for drinking. A bad well contains dead water that cannot support life. It is stagnant and not renewed because it has got no source. It is a house for all sort of aquatic animals that survive in ponds. The best you can get from a bad well is polluted water. As time passes by, a bad well could run dry or become a hole for dumping refuse.

The bible uses common things around us to convey great lessons to us that we may clearly understand the mind of God.

Proverbs 10:11 “The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life; but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked”

Having said much about what a well is; here in this bible verse, the bible compares the mouth of a righteous man/woman to a well of life.

The mouth is like the hole of a well. The mouth houses the tongue which is an organ responsible for speech according to what the state of the mind and heart is. The water in the well represents the words that proceed from our mouths. Moreover, the underground source where the well water springs from represents our minds and hearts.

This truth is clearly exposed in the book of Luke 6:45

“A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.”

The well of life is the mouth of life; the mouth of life is the mouth that houses the tongue of life; the tongue of life is the tongue that is controlled by the mind and the heart of life.

Proverbs 18:21 “Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof”

James 3:2 “For in many things we offend all; If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body”

Proverbs 25:28 “He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls”

The Mouth of life is the living mouth; tongue, mind and heart that:

·        gives life to all things Ezekiel 37:1-14

·        conquers death and every negative situations

·        encourages and give grace

·        speaks possibility

·        imparts lives positively

·        amends, repair and restore lives and situations

·        gives hope and strength

·        plants, establishes and harvest

·        is always under control

·        speaks no guile, heresy and hypocrisy

·        has got value and importance

·        is respectable and honorable

·        speaks wisdom

·        is not polluted

·        carries power and authority

·        speaks blessing, success and progress

·        nourished with virtues

·        is helpful and causes growth

·        is of righteousness

·        is of Jesus Christ

The well of life is the mouth of life. When anyone chooses not to do the will of God in heaven, he possesses the mouth of the wicked. Proverbs 10:11 says such mouth is covered by violence. I can compare this mouth to the bad well. The bad or polluted well is a dead well. The wicked mouth is the mouth of death. It contains the tongue of death that speaks deadly words which proceeds from dead minds and hearts.

The Mouth of death is the wicked mouth; tongue, mind and heart that:

·        destroys every good thing

•         is contaminated
•         is  poisonous and acidic
•         is polluted
•         grieves the Holy Spirit
•         speaks impossibility
•         speaks failure
•         is uncontrollable and speak aimlessly
•         is violent and chaotic
•         houses all kinds of evil
•         is occult
•         is stinky, dirty and smelly (alters nothing of good aroma)
•         is a factory of curses
•         is powerless and have no authority
•         lacks virtue and imparts lives negatively
•         destroys and condemn
•         disunite, scatters and condemn anything good
•         lacks wisdom and inspiration
•         is a tool of Satan

Beloved, righteousness is a nonnegotiable key to meet God in eternity. Although our righteousness is like a filthy rag before God; giving Jesus Christ full control over our lives makes us perfect in righteousness. Jesus Christ is the fountain of living waters (life). Accept him; allow him to have his full place and he will make you the well of Life.

Beloved in Christ: Ilesanmi Sesan Daniel