1
Spring up, well, with water;
Dig Thou, Lord, completely;
Dig away all barriers
That Thy stream flow through me.
Dig Thou, Lord, completely;
Dig away all barriers
That Thy stream flow through me.
2
Christ, the Rock, is riven;
Living water’s flowing;
But within my heart now
It is blocked from going.
Living water’s flowing;
But within my heart now
It is blocked from going.
3
I will dig by praying,
Dig the dirt entirely,
Thus release the Spirit,
Let the stream flow freely.
Dig the dirt entirely,
Thus release the Spirit,
Let the stream flow freely.
4
There’s no need again that
Christ, the Rock, be riven,
But unto the digging
That I should be given.
Christ, the Rock, be riven,
But unto the digging
That I should be given.
5
What I need most deeply
Is the Spirit’s filling,
That the living water
From my heart be welling.
Is the Spirit’s filling,
That the living water
From my heart be welling.
6
Dig till there is nothing
Left to block the passage;
Dig until the stream flows
With the living message.
Left to block the passage;
Dig until the stream flows
With the living message.
7
Spring up, well, with water;
Dig Thou, Lord, completely;
Dig away all barriers
That Thy stream flow through me.
Dig Thou, Lord, completely;
Dig away all barriers
That Thy stream flow through me.
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
Numbers Life Study 31, page 234
“In Numbers 21:17, 18 Israel sang a song to the well: “Spring up, well! Sing to it! /The well which the leaders dug, / Which the nobles of the people hollowed out/ With the scepter and their staves. ” (For a hymn on the spiritual significance of digging the well, see Hymns #250. ). According to this song, the well was dug by the leaders and nobles. Those today who seek after the Spirit and take the lead to dig the well are noble and are leaders. ”
Irvine, CA, United States
From The Economy of God, chapter 10:
Forget about your needs, your job, your future, and your circumstances. Only seek the Lord’s presence, and ask Him to bring you into His light. Then follow His light to dig away the dirt in your conscience, heart, mind, will, and emotion. The more you dig away the dirt, the more you will be alive. You will be living, you will be strengthened, and you will be victorious. This is the key to solve your many problems. You must maintain the flow of living water, that is, the fellowship of life flowing freely within you. When the living water flows freely within you, then there is victory. All the problems will be solved spontaneously and even unconsciously. Although you do not know how to solve them, yet they will be solved by the flowing of the living water, the fellowship of life. This flowing of the living water is entirely dependent upon your digging.
Yoncalla, OR, United States
Numbers 21:17 then Israel sang this song: Spring up, oh well! Sing to it! The well, which the leaders sank, which the nobles of the people dug... Footnote: the digging of the well signifies the digging away of the "dirt," the barriers in our heart, so that the Spirit as the living water may spring up and flow freely!
Verse 3 " I will dig by praying,/ Dig the dirt entirely,? Thus release the Spirit,? Let the stream flow freely. " The dirt in us is sin. As soon as we saved, the Spirit indwells in us, however, He cannot fill because we are still full of sin. This can be liken to a glass that cannot be filled with water because it is filled with dirt. Dirt must be emptied out before water can be poured in. The amount of dirt that is removed is the amount of water that can be poured into the glass. We should ask ourselves whether we have ever thoroughly confessed our sins to the Lord even once. (from the book How God becomes Man's Enjoyment, p. 15)