活在庇耳拉海莱
虽然享受是我们的定命，我们还得注意我们得着享受的地方。让我们看看以撒得着享受之地方的名称。首先有庇耳拉海莱，这字的意思是“那看顾我之永活者的井，”或“那启示祂自己者。”（创二四62，二五11）。在庇耳拉海莱，神眷临我们，把祂自己启示给我们。第二，以撒在埃色井旁也有一些享受。埃色的意思是争竞。埃色是争竞、争斗、争吵之地。第三个地方是西提拿（创二六21）。西提拿的意思是敌意、仇恨或敌对。第四个地方叫利河伯。利河伯有积极的意思，就是“宽阔之地”或“宽阔之路。”后一个地方是示巴，意思是盟誓（创二六22-33）。因此别是巴的意思是盟誓的井。以撒在这五个地方都享受过恩典。
在说到这些地方的意义之先，我们必须看看以撒是在甚么地方长大的。他是在别是巴井旁，垂丝柳树边长大的。在他娶妻之前，他离开别是巴往南地去（创二四62）。我们看过，在圣经里向南走的意思是走下坡路。我不信以撒离开别是巴或希伯仑的时候，亚伯拉罕也离开那里；他仍留在别是巴或希伯仑。以撒的母亲死后，仆人也离开了，他就下到南地，然后他又回来。二十四章六十二节说，“那时，以撒住在南地，刚从庇耳拉海莱回来。”当他从庇耳拉海莱回来，他得着了一个妻子。他若留在庇耳挂海莱，不回到别是巴或希伯仑，就不会遇见利百加。当他从庇耳拉海莱回来，利百加就来了。亚伯拉罕的仆人不知道以撒会离开亚伯拉罕所在的地方。以撒从下坡路回来，乃是出于耶和华。他所以回来，是因他被命定要享受。
我们都有过同样的经历。我们走下坡路之后，突然说，“哦，我必须回去。”我们回来的时候，正是利百加来的时候。我们一回去，享受就来了。以撒一从南地回来，享受就来了。他回到正确的立场，就得了妻子。但在结婚之后，他和妻子又南下。创世记二十五章十一节说，亚伯拉罕死后，以撒靠近庇耳拉海莱居住。他走了下坡路，结果就碰到非利士人的敌对。
我们需要看见以撒记载的清楚图画。他没有走下坡路直到埃及，他是往南下到非利士地，就是非利士人的地方。按照创世记的记载，神的子民一向南走，就有难处。亚伯拉罕在埃及，在非利士地，都有难处。他的儿子以撒到非利士地也有难处，因为他和非利士人有争竞，有敌意。他虽然在利河伯享受了宽阔之路，享受宽广，但他在那里没有耶和华的显现。在庇耳拉海莱、埃色、西提拿和利河伯，没有耶和华的显现。直到他上别是巴之后，耶和华才向他显现（创二六23-24）。
每日一问：信息中提到以撒经历了哪五个地方？这些地方分别代表什么属灵含义？
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Isaac’s Experience – Grace and Enjoyment (2) — Gen. 24:62
Living at Beer-lahai-roi
Although enjoyment is our destiny, we must pay attention to the place where we receive enjoyment. Let us look at the names of the places where Isaac received his enjoyment. First, there is Beer-lahai-roi, which means “the well of the Living One who sees me” or “the One who reveals Himself” (Gen. 24:62; 25:11). At Beer-lahai-roi, God visits us and reveals Himself to us. Second, Isaac also had some enjoyment at the well of Esek. Esek means “contention” — a place of strife, fighting and quarreling. The third place is Sitnah (Gen. 26:21). Sitnah means “enmity”, “hatred” or “opposition”. The fourth place is called Rehoboth. Rehoboth has a positive meaning — “a wide place” or “a broad way”. The last place is Beersheba, which means “oath” (Gen. 26:22-33). Thus Beersheba means “the well of the oath”. Isaac enjoyed grace in all five of these places.
Before discussing the significance of these places, we must first see where Isaac grew up. He grew up beside the well of Beersheba, near the tamarisk trees. Before he married, he left Beersheba and went to the Negev (Gen. 24:62). We have seen that in the Bible, going south means going downward. I do not believe that when Isaac left Beersheba or Hebron, Abraham also left; he remained in Beersheba or Hebron. After Isaac’s mother died, the servant also left, and he went down to the Negev, and then he returned. Genesis 24:62 says, “Now Isaac had come from going to Beer-lahai-roi; for he was living in the Negev”. When he returned from Beer-lahai-roi, he received a wife. Had he remained at Beer-lahai-roi and not returned to Beersheba or Hebron, he would not have met Rebekah. When he returned from Beer-lahai-roi, Rebekah came. Abraham’s servant did not know that Isaac would leave the place where Abraham was. Isaac’s return from the downward path was of the Lord. He returned because he was destined to enjoy.
We have all had the same experience. After we have gone downward, we suddenly say, “Oh, I must go back”. When we return, that is when Rebekah comes. The moment we return, enjoyment comes. As soon as Isaac returned from the Negev, enjoyment came. When he returned to the right standing, he received a wife. But after the marriage, he and his wife went south again. Genesis 25:11 says that after Abraham died, Isaac settled near Beer-lahai-roi. He went downward again, and as a result encountered the opposition of the Philistines.
We need to see the clear picture of Isaac’s record. He did not go all the way down to Egypt; he went south to the land of the Philistines. According to the record of Genesis, whenever God’s people went south, they had difficulties. Abraham had difficulties in Egypt and in the land of the Philistines. His son Isaac also had difficulties when he went to the land of the Philistines, because he had contention and enmity with the Philistines. Although he enjoyed the broad way at Rehoboth and experienced spaciousness, there was no appearance of the Lord to him there. At Beer-lahai-roi, Esek, Sitnah and Rehoboth, there was no appearance of the Lord. It was not until he went up to Beersheba that the Lord appeared to him (Gen. 26:23-24).
Daily Question: What five places did the message say Isaac experienced? What spiritual significance does each of these places represent?