There are seasons when, despite our sincerity and our efforts, nothing moves.
We invest ourselves, we persevere, we hold on… but the space closes in,
relationships weaken, opportunities fade,
and what once gave life now drains it.
This is not always failure.
Sometimes, it is God closing a door to open another one somewhere else.
Sometimes the Spirit whispers:
“You’ve done your part here. Now go where life is.”
This is what happened to Isaac in Genesis 26.
He dug a well to settle down: they drove him away.
He dug another: they argued and took it from him.
Nothing prospered.
So Isaac didn’t force himself to stay where everything was dying.
He moved forward.
He looked for another space.
He tried again somewhere else.
And finally, he reached a place where opposition ceased.
He dug once more, and water sprang up — a sign of life, blessing, and breath.
Isaac called that place Rehoboth, and declared:
“Now the Lord has made room for us, and we shall flourish in the land.” (Genesis 26:22)
Rehoboth: the place where life flows.
The space where God opens.
The ground where life returns.
We see the same truth in Luke 5.
A whole night of fishing with nothing to show for it.
But Jesus says: “Cast the net on the other side.”
They obey — and life appears, the same sea, the same moment, but a different direction.
The Lesson:
What fails here may flourish elsewhere.
Blessing is not always about how hard you try, but about where God is calling you to be.
Sometimes God isn’t saying: “Try harder.”
He is saying: “Try somewhere else.”
Isaac didn’t run away.
He obeyed God’s direction.
He understood that what was good yesterday may no longer carry life today.
Don’t cling to what is dying.
Don’t stay out of fear — fear of disappointing, of losing, or starting over.
Go where life is.
Go where peace breathes.
Go where grace flows.
Go where God is waiting for you.
Your Rehoboth is real.
It may be a new place, a new season, a new way of doing things —
or even the same place, but the other side of the net.
PRAYER:
Lord, open my eyes when You close a season.
Give me the courage to go where You breathe, the peace to leave what is dying, and the faith to follow life where You’re calling it.
Lead me to my Rehoboth: where life is, where You are.
Amen.
Apostle Dr Jean-Claude SINDAYIGAYA