1 Chronicles 7:1-40; Ezekiel 10:1-22; John 2:23-3:21
Make this valley full of ditches. 2 Kings 3:16
It has been said that God does not take us into the desert to abandon us, but to get us alone with Himself. The Israelite army was in a desert and had run out of water. The solution to their desperate need? Dig ditches in the valley. How can we apply this to ourselves? To dig one must get down low, must expend great effort with sweat, and must prepare for the answer. The more ditches they dug the more water they would have received. And the answer came from the most unexpected source—from Edom! In our valley, in our desert, let us also dig ditches of prayer in preparation for a land filled with water (v. 17). —M. MacMullen
Behold the throne of grace!
The promise calls us near;
There Jesus shows a smiling face,
And waits to answer prayer. —John Newton