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2 Kings 3:15-18 And he said, "Thus says the LORD: 'Make this valley full of ditches.' 17"For thus says the LORD: 'You shall not see wind, nor shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, so that you, your cattle, and your animals may drink.' 18"And this is a simple matter in the sight of the LORD; He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand. NKJV

This passage of scripture is dealing with three kings who came in alignment together to go in battle against Moab, but they didn’t prepare for the journey and they were without water and life was being threatened. So they came to the prophet Elisha and He gives them a word from the Lord, “Make this valley full of ditches” This didn’t come in a time when they were ready to work, for they had travel and now they were tired and thirsty and no water to drink. They had to go to work and get the valley ready to receive the water that was coming from the Lord.

I believe that God is saying the same thing to us in our lives, we need to make fresh room for the increase of God’s blessing for our lives. They had a word from the Lord, but the condition for that word was in their willingness to work on the valley they were camped in. We all want to be in another place, anywhere but our difficult situation. It is right were we are we must get a attitude of depth and say, Lord I will obey, I will dig, I will make room for what you are going to do. In our valley times, those times when we are not high above things, but right in the middle of crises, we must get out our shovel of obedience and dig into our hearts and make room for God increase. This is when we say Yes Lord, when we feel like saying I give up. This is the times when we continue faithful when we are disillusioned. You see these people were tired, they were sick, but Yet they began to prepare their valley for the coming rain. We don’t have to be dry in a valley if we have prepared a place in us for God’s increase. The amount of blessing was defined by their obedience to dig ditches. The amount of blessing is defined in us by our willingness to allow the word of God to go deep in us. For the deeper the word, the more He can fill with life. It is always easy to work when you have evidence that blessing is on the way. I bet you if you were digging a natural ditch to catch the water and you saw the clouds and felt the wind began to blow, you would be motivated to dig and not hesitate to get that valley ready.

But in this story, God was not going to give them any natural encouragement to dig, no wind, no rain, no clouds, just a word. Isn’t that the way we are also, God asks us to prepare our hearts and then says Trust me, even though nothing in your valley looks good at all. They had to dig in faith, trusting the word of the Lord. We must also do the same, do what the Lord has told us to do and then wait upon the Lord. I wish sometimes the Lord would give me natural incentives, to help me stay motivated, but He just says, “You dig, You be obedient, and I will do the rest! Your valley will turn into a well water place, because you have positioned yourself for blessing. God is stirring us to make places for His blessing. Lay aside our agenda and embrace the word of God for the hour. Get you heart open to the moving of the Holy Spirit. Stop making excuses and say, “Yes Lord, I make room for your outpouring. “ Isn’t it exciting when God moves and your receiving the increase! A hole in the ground doesn’t look that exciting, but fill it with water and that’s entirely different. Nobody likes the process, but everybody likes the increase. But we can’t get the increase without the process.

So our valley must be changed from discouragement to expectation, for God is going to fill the valleys with water. Water always represents life, it represents the flow of God provision and care to His people. God is saying Dig.. Dig and get your heart ready to receive the filling He is bringing in this hour. Will we respond? Will we obey? Will we dig and say, “I am ready for the filling of God blessing?” It isn’t a matter of will God send the increase? It is are we ready to receive it! I believe that we must be a church ready to receive the blessing that God desires to bring into our lives. We are seeing God move in mighty ways, but we haven’t seen anything yet. Look at where you are and say, I am going to get some depth in this valley I am in. I am going to stop complaining and start expecting God to do something unique, something supernatural. The prophet said, this is a simple thing to God. Our greatest need is but a simple thing for God to bring. But when he brings our increase, will He find a place to place it? As Mary said, “Be it unto me according to thy word” Let us come in full agreement with the word of the Lord and be a prepared place for living water to fill. Get excited for the increase of God is coming to those who are willing and obedient to do what the Lord is calling us to do!