Draw from the Well of Your Salvation

Salvation lies within each believer in Jesus Christ. As Jesus explained to Nicodemus in John 3:3, salvation is not a physical birth but a spiritual one. Our spiritual being was dead and separated from God due to sin. Just as we failed to achieve our physical births, we are equally incapable of producing this spiritual rebirth. We are utterly incapable of saving ourselves; therefore, we require a Savior. Simply believing in the Lord Jesus Christ is the only condition for salvation. Faith alone is sufficient, but it’s never alone. James 2:17-18 emphasizes that faith without works is dead. However, salvation is not a reformation; it’s a total regeneration, a new birth, and a new creation from within that can only be accomplished by a creative miracle of the Holy Spirit. When we are saved, we become a new creation in our spirit (2 Corinthians 5:17). And that is where we are created entirely new and identical to Christ because His Spirit has been shed abroad in our hearts (Galatians 4:6, Romans 8:9).

“Therefore with joy, you will draw water from the wells of salvation,” Isaiah 12:3 declares. 

The salvation we have received within must be drawn out to make a difference in our lives. This verse says joy is what draws it out.

As Christ is so are you in this world (1 John 4:17). You are identical to Christ in your born-again spirit. However the rest of "you" must work out your salvation with fear and trembling (Philippians 2:12). The "wells" of your salvation are the truths of your new life in Christ. These truths must be drawn from within the “well” of your born-again spirit through faith, ultimately transforming your mind, heart, and body.

“Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,” Peter declares (1 Peter 1:8). 

Although we don’t see Jesus with our physical eyes, we can see and know Him by faith (2 Corinthians 5:7), and that is better than knowing Him by sight. If we are truly in faith (James 1:6; 2:5), there will be rejoicing with joy inexpressible and full of glory. Our joy is related to what we believe, not our experiences. A lack of rejoicing and joy is evidence of a lack of believing.

“Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved” (Acts 16:31). 

God doesn’t want you to remain stagnant, never progressing in knowledge and experiencing the truths of your salvation. The Word is life, and it reveals your true identity in Christ. Just as you received salvation through faith, you also receive the truths of your salvation through faith. Your new life in Christ must be drawn from the “well” of your spirit to transform your life. This new life—free from sin, unforgiveness, darkness, despair, insufficiency, sickness, and everything evil—is just waiting to be drawn out through faith to conquer your flesh. Jesus is waiting to give His new life to your mortal body (Romans 8:11). He is patiently waiting to transform you, sanctifying your entire life—spirit, soul, and body from the inside out (1 Thessalonians 5:23).

“Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls; all Your waves and billows have gone over me” (Psalms 42:7).

Deep calls to deep. The Spirit calls you. Draw from the wells of your salvation. Jesus never runs dry; He accomplishes all of His truths in all of your life when you believe. 

I believe, Lord Jesus. Come, and wash over me.