我们必须看见一个关键点，许多基督徒不清楚这一点。我们基督徒，被命定有一些享受。不论我们在那里，不论我们对或错，我们已被命定来享受。以撒即使下到庇耳拉海莱，他仍然享受一口井，就是那看顾我们之永活者，并向我们启示祂自己者的井。有的人会说，“那太好了。只要我有永活者，祂看顾我，并且把祂自己启示给我，那就彀好了。”然而在读圣经的时候，我们必须遵守第一次题到的原则。庇耳拉海莱在十六章十四节首次题到，那是夏甲逃避撒拉的地方。因撒拉代表恩典，夏甲从撒拉逃开，意思就是她离开了恩典的立场。在旷野，在受苦的地方，神眷临她。因此庇耳拉海莱是人离开了恩典的立场，对神的眷临仍能有一些享受的地方。
过去我们也许感觉有点偏离了恩典的立场，怀疑自己的立场是否正确。虽然我们里面有这疑问，但我们仍有一些享受，就安慰自己说，“我若错了，就不会有这种享受。然而在这里，我有那看顾我之永活者的井。我既有这样的享受，这地方必是正确的。”但实际上并不如此。一方面，我们是命定有享受的，不论我们在那里，都会有一些享受。另一面，我们可能在错误的立场上有这种享受。我们不在亚伯拉罕栽种垂丝柳树的地方，而在夏甲从恩典逃开的地方。庇耳拉海莱是人逃避恩典却仍享受神眷临的地方。我们几乎都有这种经历。虽然享受是我们的定命，但我们可能在不正确的立场上享受，在庇耳拉海莱，不在别是巴。
井表征享受与满足。以撒在一生中从未受干渴之苦。不论他到对的地方或错的地方，总有一口井。他的一生可用井来作标记。有人也许会争辩说，“你说我的地位不对，立场不对，为甚么我这里有一口井？”你享受一口井，并不称义你的立场，因为享受是你的定命。过去我们许多人持守宗教的观念，以为我们若错了，神会撇弃我们，我们就不会再有享受。但无论我们如何不对，我们仍是父的儿女，祂绝不撇弃我们。这种享受是我们的定命，我们的分。
有人听到以撒无论去那里都有一口井，就以为这种享受既是他们的定命，他们要去那里，就可以去那里。请不要有这样的想法。你也许有一口井作你的享受，但你会失去主的显现，无法完成神永远的目的。以后我们要看见，神的目的绝不能在庇耳拉海莱、埃色、西提拿、甚至利河伯达成。神的目的只能在别是巴达成，我们必须留在那里。我们若留在那里，就要经历主的显现，并且有立场承受应许，以达成神永远的目的。神的目的只能在靠近别是巴垂丝柳树的井旁达成。
每日一问：为什么“有井（享受）”不能证明立场是正确的？
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Isaac’s Experience – Grace and Enjoyment (3) — Gen. 26:18
We must see a critical point that many Christians are not clear about. We Christians are destined to have some enjoyment. No matter where we are, whether right or wrong, we have been destined to enjoy. Even when Isaac went down to Beer-lahai-roi, he still had a well — the well of the Living One who watches over us and reveals Himself to us. Some might say, “That is wonderful. As long as I have the Living One who watches over me and reveals Himself to me, that is enough”. However, when reading the Bible, we must observe the principle of the first mention. Beer-lahai-roi is first mentioned in Genesis 16:14, as the place where Hagar fled from Sarah. Because Sarah represents grace, Hagar’s flight from Sarah means she left the standing of grace. In the wilderness, in a place of suffering, God visited her. Therefore Beer-lahai-roi is a place where one has left the standing of grace yet can still have some enjoyment of God’s visitation.
In the past we may have felt somewhat off from the standing of grace and doubted whether our standing was correct. Though we had this question within us, we still had some enjoyment, and we comforted ourselves by saying, “If I were wrong, I would not have this enjoyment. Yet here I have the well of the Living One who sees me. Since I have such enjoyment, this place must be right”. But actually it is not so. On one hand, we are destined to have enjoyment no matter where we are, and we will have some enjoyment. On the other hand, we may have this enjoyment while in a wrong standing. We may be at the place where Hagar fled from grace, not at the place where Abraham planted the tamarisk tree. Beer-lahai-roi is a place where one flees from grace yet still enjoys God’s visitation. Nearly all of us have had this experience. Although enjoyment is our destiny, we may be enjoying it in the wrong standing — at Beer-lahai-roi and not at Beersheba.
The well signifies enjoyment and satisfaction. Isaac never suffered thirst throughout his life. Whether he went to the right place or the wrong place, there was always a well. His entire life can be marked by wells. Someone may argue, “You say my position is wrong and my standing is incorrect, so why is there a well here?” Having a well for enjoyment does not justify your standing, because enjoyment is your destiny. In the past, many of us held religious notions, thinking that if we were wrong, God would abandon us and we would no longer have enjoyment. But no matter how wrong we may be, we are still the Father’s children and He will never abandon us. This enjoyment is our destiny, our portion.
When some hear that Isaac had a well wherever he went, they think that since enjoyment is their destiny, they can go wherever they please. Please do not think this way. You may have a well for your enjoyment, but you will lose the Lord’s appearing and be unable to fulfill God’s eternal purpose. We will see later that God’s purpose can never be accomplished at Beer-lahai-roi, Esek, Sitnah, or even Rehoboth. God’s purpose can only be accomplished at Beersheba, and we must remain there. If we remain there, we will experience the Lord’s appearing and have the standing to inherit the promise so as to fulfill God’s eternal purpose. God’s purpose can only be accomplished at the well near the tamarisk tree at Beersheba.
Daily Question: Why does having a well (enjoyment) not prove that one’s standing is correct?