Come to the Well
50 Meditations to Fuel Your Joy in God
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We are each journeying through a world that is dry with the scorching heat of temptation and sin that promise us pleasure and give us nothing but emptiness, greater thirst, and impending death. Our only hope for filling, satisfaction, and life is a well that can provide us with the life-giving water that we need. God has promised his people such a well:
I give water in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, to give drink to my chosen people, the people whom I formed for myself that they might declare my praise (Isa. 43:20-21).
In Jesus we find such a well. In Jesus we have a water source that never fails to satisfy and never is found empty. We will never look deep into this Well and see nothing but blackness. We will always hear a splash if a rock is thrown in. The fountain or spring of God is always overflowing. There is always joy to be found in him (Ps. 16:11). There is no lack in him. We supply nothing. He provides everything.
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Jonathan Edwards once described God as “an infinite fountain of divine glory and sweetness.” This is good news for Christians journeying through the dryness and weariness of a fallen world. In Come to the Well, author Mathew Gilbert takes Christians to the well of God so they may drink and be satisfied in him.
Through fifty meditations on various Bible passages, theological topics, and life issues, Gilbert offers Christians a devotional book that carries significant theological weight to allow them to think more deeply about God without having to crack open a systematic theology. These short writings ground Christians in the gospel so they will find lasting joy in the face of suffering and temptation.
About the Author
Mathew Gilbert is Associate Pastor for Children and Preschool at The Church at Trace Crossing in Tupelo, MS. He is an M.Div student at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY. Mathew also blogs regularly at Grace Satisfies (gracesatisfies.com). Mathew is married to his high school sweetheart, Erica. Mathew and Erica live in Tupelo, MS with their two sons.