The apple doesn't fall far from the tree

13/3/2018
Jacob pulled the same stunt as his father Abraham, in that while he was travelling to Gerar to avoid a severe famine, he asked Rebekah to say she was his sister so that he wouldn't get killed for her beauty.  But Abimelech King of the Philistines in this land caught Isaac and Rebekah being a bit more intimate shall we say, a brother and sister should be. So when Isaac explained his situation King Abimelech made a proclamation that no-one was to harm Isaac and his family. So Isaac like Abraham prospered where he lived so much so that the king asked him to leave saying he was too rich for this kingdom and Isaac like his father moved again and prospered where he went.  He had to dig three wells before the locals would leave him alone for everywhere he dug he found gushing water, but by the time he found the third well everyone left him alone and he named the well 'Room enough for us at last'. Maintaining the similarities of Isaac's life to Abraham, God came to Isaac and told him that he would bless him with many descendants to fulfil his oath to Abraham. King Abimelech saw how much Isaac was blessed and thrived so he asked for a peace treaty to be signed between them. So like Abraham his father, Isaac was also a man of peace, and lived his days out in peace by trusting God and going where God lead him.  Isaacs servants came and told him the day after the oath was signed that they found water in the well they had dug so Isaac called it 'the well of the oath'
I believe, if we just keep our heads down and follow God's lead we will live a peaceful life too and be fruitful and prosperous.

Bye for now