2nd - 8th March 2026
MEETING GOD AT THE WELL
On many occasions the bible records spiritual encounters that take place at a well. Not when people arrive self-sufficient, but when they arrive thirsty and in need. Wells are meeting places in God’s story. This week, may you discover that the places of routine, need, and waiting are often the places where God speaks most clearly. My encouragement to you this week is to Sit. Listen. Receive. Do not rush past the well of his presence and refreshment. Let him fill you, so you can serve him from a place of being deeply rooted in him, acknowledging that it is he who strengthens us for whatever this week holds.
Written by Jill Campbell
MONDAY
God Meets Us Where We Are
Genesis 16:7–14
The angel of the Lord found Hagar beside a spring of water in the wilderness... The angel said to her, “Hagar, Sarai’s servant, where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I’m running away from my mistress, Sarai,” she replied. The angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit to her authority.” Then he added, “I will give you more descendants than you can count.” And the angel also said, “You are now pregnant and will give birth to a son. You are to name him Ishmael (which means ‘God hears’), for the Lord has heard your cry of distress… Thereafter, Hagar used another name to refer to the Lord, who had spoken to her. She said, “You are the God who sees me.” She also said, “Have I truly seen the One who sees me?” So that well was named Beer-lahai-roi (which means “well of the Living One who sees me”). It can still be found between Kadesh and Bered.
Pray
Father, we see that Hagar did not go looking for you; she was running for her life. Yet you found her at a spring in the wilderness. What am I running away from this week? Am I so lost in my troubles and worries that I fail to see you with me? Am I so lost in my self-sufficiency and keeping control of my life that I don’t acknowledge that you are the living one who sees me and that I need you more that I realise. Wells in Scripture remind us that you often meet us, not at moments of strength, but at points of exhaustion and vulnerability. Help me to release my grip. Let me listen and hear what you are saying to me in my wilderness today.
TUESDAY
Faithfulness in Ordinary Moments
Genesis 24:11–20
He made the camels kneel beside a well just outside the town. It was evening, and the women were coming out to draw water. “O Lord, God of my master, Abraham,” he prayed. “Please give me success today, and show unfailing love to my master, Abraham. See, I am standing here beside this spring, and the young women of the town are coming out to draw water. This is my request. I will ask one of them, ‘Please give me a drink from your jug.’ If she says, ‘Yes, have a drink, and I will water your camels, too!’—let her be the one you have selected as Isaac’s wife. This is how I will know that you have shown unfailing love to my master.”
Before he had finished praying, he saw a young woman named Rebekah coming out with her water jug on her shoulder… She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came up again. Running over to her, the servant said, “Please give me a little drink of water from your jug.”
“Yes, my lord,” she answered, “have a drink.” And she quickly lowered her jug from her shoulder and gave him a drink. When she had given him a drink, she said, “I’ll draw water for your camels, too, until they have had enough to drink.” So she quickly emptied her jug into the watering trough and ran back to the well to draw water for all his camels.
Pray
Loving Father, we see here Abraham’s servant who was faithfully asking your will for the task ahead of him. In humility he knew that he needed you to lead him. He didn’t run ahead in his own wisdom. Rebekah was doing what she had always done—drawing water. Her kindness at the well revealed a heart ready for God’s purpose. Your word shows me that ordinary obedience can become the doorway to extraordinary unfolding in events.
Help me to commit my daily routine before you. Help me be faithful in the small things and use whatever unfolds in this day to shape my character and my steps.
WEDNESDAY
God Forms Us in Unexpected Seasons
Exodus 2:14–21
Moses was afraid, thinking, “Everyone knows what I did.” And sure enough, Pharaoh heard what had happened, and he tried to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in the land of Midian.
When Moses arrived in Midian, he sat down beside a well. Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters who came as usual to draw water and fill the water troughs for their father’s flocks. But some other shepherds came and chased them away. So Moses jumped up and rescued the girls from the shepherds. Then he drew water for their flocks.
When the girls returned to Reuel, their father, he asked, “Why are you back so soon today?”
“An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds,” they answered. “And then he drew water for us and watered our flocks.”
“Then where is he?” their father asked. “Why did you leave him there? Invite him to come and eat with us.”
Moses accepted the invitation, and he settled there with him. In time, Reuel gave Moses his daughter Zipporah to be his wife.
Pray
Father, here we see Moses sat by a well as a fugitive, not a leader. Thank you that you see our shame and our weakness. Am I running away from you, living in fear? Is someone I know living in fear of others or facing a ruined reputation? We confess our sin to you now. We pray for our loved ones living with shame. By the power of your Holy Spirit, reshape us and build us back together again. Remind us that wells are places where you prepare us quietly, before we ever see the results. We trust in your faithfulness and wait before you, asking you to transform us in this season. Help us to be watchful and willing. May we show your kindness to others.
THURSDAY
Community at the Well
Genesis 29:1–10
Then Jacob hurried on, finally arriving in the land of the east. He saw a well in the distance. Three flocks of sheep and goats lay in an open field beside it, waiting to be watered. But a heavy stone covered the mouth of the well.
It was the custom there to wait for all the flocks to arrive before removing the stone and watering the animals. Afterward the stone would be placed back over the mouth of the well. Jacob went over to the shepherds and asked, “Where are you from, my friends?”
“We are from Haran,” they answered.
“Do you know a man there named Laban, the grandson of Nahor?” he asked.
“Yes, we do,” they replied.
“Is he doing well?” Jacob asked.
“Yes, he’s well,” they answered. “Look, here comes his daughter Rachel with the flock now.”
Jacob said, “Look, it’s still broad daylight—too early to round up the animals. Why don’t you water the sheep and goats so they can get back out to pasture?”
“We can’t water the animals until all the flocks have arrived,” they replied. “Then the shepherds move the stone from the mouth of the well, and we water all the sheep and goats.”
Jacob was still talking with them when Rachel arrived with her father’s flock, for she was a shepherd. And because Rachel was his cousin—the daughter of Laban, his mother’s brother—and because the sheep and goats belonged to his uncle Laban, Jacob went over to the well and moved the stone from its mouth and watered his uncle’s flock.
Pray
Father, the simple tradition of the shepherds shows us a lovely example that wells weren’t meant to be used alone. Flocks gathered, stones were moved together, and lives intersected. Thank you that you work through community to bring about your purposes. Thank you for those you have placed around me. Help me see others today who need to feel seen, a kind word, some time spent together. Help me also to invite people into my life, to share a burden or to pray for me. Help me value those whose lives intersect mine today.
FRIDAY
When Praise Unlocks Provision
Numbers 21:16–18
From there the Israelites travelled to Beer, which is the well where the Lord said to Moses, “Assemble the people, and I will give them water.” There the Israelites sang this song: “Spring up, O well! Yes, sing its praises! Sing of this well, which princes dug, which great leaders hollowed out with their sceptres and staffs.”
Pray
Our Father in heaven, this passage reminds us that before water flowed, your people sang praise. The well sprang up in response to worship. Praise shifts our focus from lack to trust and opens us to your wonderful provision for us. Please lift our eyes from the worries that consume our attention today. As we have been reminded in recent weeks’ teaching, help us know you are with us in everything and lift our perspective, it is YOU who gives the water. We put our faith in you and we praise you for all you are and all you have provided for us through the cross.
SATURDAY
Direction Comes from Unexpected Places
1 Samuel 9:11–14
As they were climbing the hill to the town, they met some young women coming out to draw water. So Saul and his servant asked, “Is the seer here today?”
“Yes,” they replied. “Stay right on this road. He is at the town gates. He has just arrived to take part in a public sacrifice up at the place of worship. Hurry and catch him before he goes up there to eat. The guests won’t begin eating until he arrives to bless the food.”
So they entered the town, and as they passed through the gates, Samuel was coming out toward them to go up to the place of worship.
Prayer
Dear Lord, the reading shows how Saul found guidance not through prophecy, but through meeting the women who were drawing water. Often you direct us through simple conversations and unexpected voices — if we’re paying attention. Thank you for the wisdom you provide from good people in my life. Help me to hear your voice and discern what you might be saying through those who know me. Will you give me godly counsel for those who I am in conversation with today. Protect me from just spouting opinions, rather help me to point people to you.
SUNDAY
Jesus, the Living Water
John 4:6–14
Jacob’s well was there; and Jesus, tired from the long walk, sat wearily beside the well about noontime. Soon a Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Please give me a drink.” He was alone at the time because his disciples had gone into the village to buy some food.
The woman was surprised, for Jews refuse to have anything to do with Samaritans. She said to Jesus, “You are a Jew, and I am a Samaritan woman. Why are you asking me for a drink?”
Jesus replied, “If you only knew the gift God has for you and who you are speaking to, you would ask me, and I would give you living water.”
“But sir, you don’t have a rope or a bucket,” she said, “and this well is very deep. Where would you get this living water? And besides, do you think you’re greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us this well? How can you offer better water than he and his sons and his animals enjoyed?”
Jesus replied, “Anyone who drinks this water will soon become thirsty again. But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life.”
Pray
Lord, help me not to miss the deep truth contained in this familiar reading of Jesus, who sat by the well, tired and thirsty, and offered living water. Thank you for the reminder of Jesus’ humanity. He was tired, he was weary, he was thirsty. He knows how we feel. Every well in Scripture points to this moment—where physical thirst gives way to spiritual fulfilment found only in Jesus. Open my eyes and help me be honest enough to see where I am looking for refreshment in wrong places. Trusting in idols, looking for pleasure, fulfilment and distraction in wrong places. Help me this week, in my routine, my need, and my waiting, to wait for you at the well. Help me sit, listen and receive all you have for me. I draw near to you now. In the words of the Psalmist, “Oh God, you are my God; I earnestly search for you. My soul thirsts for you, my whole body longs for you in this parched and weary land where there is no water.” Fill me with your living water and help me to glorify you today.
The song, Come to the Altar, has words that will turn your heart to praise just now.