The Well of Salvation

Isaiah 12:2-4 says; Isa 12:2 "Yes, indeed--God is my salvation. I trust, I won't be afraid. GOD--yes GOD!--is my strength and song, best of all, my salvation!" Isa 12:3 Joyfully you will go and pull up buckets of water from the well of salvation! Isa 12:4 And as you do it, you'll say, "Give thanks to GOD. Call out his name. Ask him anything! Shout to the nations, tell them what he's done, spread the news of his great reputation!
I started thinking about why God uses the analogy of "wells, or people at a well," and I thought that maybe because in the days of old, water was a valuable commodity and one that much work sometimes went into getting. Some people have to travel far and every day to get their water. And because they were on foot they could only take one vessel that, once filled with water, they would be able to travel back to their homes, on foot, with little loss of water. sometimes the vessel was broken or cracked, so it leaked, but it was all they had and they needed water. And because they could only handle one vessel the had to go every day, back to the well, wait thier turn in line, drop their bucket in, lowering it carefully, then once full, slowly pulling it back up the well so as not to lose one drop of the precious water needed for them and their families to survive each day. We are so blessed today to be able to just turn on a faucet.. but that act just gets us plain old water.. Needed for life, yes, but not the "water or the well" that gives life and life abundantly. I see God using this analogy because He is the well, He is the Living Waters that sustains us. And just as the people did in the past... We MUST come every day to His well. We must bring our broke, cracked, chipped vessel to the well, the well of Salvation. We need to spend time on his word, dipping our "buckets" deeply in, filling them up, then pulling them back to the top of the well carefully, letting Him tug on our ropes, (heart strings) so as not to spill one drop of Holy Water. Then we need to take that trip back home with our bucket of water and pour it out, in order to bring life to our home, (our hearts, souls, body, spirit) let it wash us, cleansing us from the inside out. And we let it overflow onto and into the rest of our day... Spilling with overflowing love and life to our families, our friends and all we come in contact with. Let your buckets of waters from the Jesus' well of salvation be filled daily, His living loving water overflowing in your life and flooding the lives of others around you.
Good analogy God... I love it! It's On my bucket list! Every day I will take this cracked vessel to your well Lord, and I know it is hard sometimes, and I become tired of doing it every day, but if I don't Lord I know my life will dry up and die and that will effect so many more people in my life, that it would be selfish of me NOT to go to the well EVERY DAY.. besides that, I have come to LOVE my daily trip to and from your well God... It definitly has washed me, it sustains me, I cleanses me and it has pour Living Waters into my life and things are changing for me because of You. Thank you Lord! I praise Your Name and will shout to all who will listen of Your Well of Salvation!