Jacob's Spring Water

"I will stand on my guard post and station myself on the rampart; And I will keep watch to see what He will speak to me, and how I may reply when I am spoken to. Then the Lord answered me and said, Record the vision, and inscribe it on paper, that the one who reads it may run. For the vision is yet for the appointed time, it hastens toward the goal, and it will not fail. Though it tarries, wait for it; for it will certainly come, it will not delay." (Habakkuk 2: 1-3)

What a joy it is to have a vision that is worth putting on paper and even more so to know that the Lord is going to raise up those who have a heart to walk out this vision. My prayer is that you art one of those called of God to walk alongside me in this awesome vision. May God be glorified in and through us.

In 1998 the Lord spoke to my wife Ruby and me that we were to establish a business in Israel and live there for a season. I had been in the golf industry in Waco, Texas since the mid 80's and after much praying and seeking the Lord we moved to Ariel, Israel in 2000, began to build a miniature golf course and deli.

Anybody with any business sense would tell you that to have a successful miniature golf facility you must have at least 75,000 people and naturally they should know something about golf. Ariel is a small city of 18,000 Jews in the Hills of Samaria, most of them had never seen a golf ball. It seems that the Lord loves to challenge us to believe for the impossible to happen. I am thankful that He tells us that nothing is too hard for Him.. If we are in Him,we are able to believe for the impossible to happen.

"The foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. For consider your calling, brethren, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble; but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame things which are strong, and the base things of the world and the despised, God has chosen, the things that are not, that He might nullify the things that are, that no man should boast before God." (1 Corinthians 1:25-29)

At the time of this writing (2007) we have been open for seven years and have watched the Lord do mighty things in and through us. We stand amazed at His faithfulness to watch over the work of our hands. We have many birthday parties for all ages. It is a real joy to see Russian Jews come and celebrate all sorts of special occasions. I remember a party where they were celebrating the birthday of an eighty five year old woman, five generations were represented.

The mini golf is next to three schools. Every afternoon you will see the children coming into the mini golf to get a drink of water. The mini golf is the only place in Ariel that has an ice machine, for the first several years we poured thousands of cups of ice water for youngsters. We now have a 5-gallon water dispenser that makes the water cold.

Yes, one of the main ministries of the mini golf is to provide a cup of water in the name of Jesus.

"For I tell you truly, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to and bear the name of Christ, will by no means fail to get his reward." (Mark 9:41)

Jesus tells us that when He returns in all of His glory, He will determine if we are sheep or goats by what we have done to His Jewish brothers. We are told that if we have fed, given a drink, clothed, housed, visited those who are sick and those who are in prison we will be called sheep and will possess our inheritance in His kingdom. (Matthew 25:31-36)

I had seen this passage of Scripture many years before we lived in Israel doing these things, especially giving out water to His chosen people. In this passage He went on to tell us that when we do these things to the least of His brethren, we are really doing it to Him. Ruby and I feel tremendously blessed that we have had the opportunity to live among these people and to do what Jesus has encouraged us to do.

As we prepared our hearts to move to Israel, the Lord spoke to me that He was sending us to uncap Jacob's well. Amazingly we ended up living less than 20 minutes away from Jacob's well in Sychar. I prayed and sought the heart of God for several years about what this meant. I read and reread the fourth chapter of John, Jesus stopped one day at this well and met the Samaritan woman.

We all know John 3:16 and are thankful that God did in fact send His Son to live and die for us so that we might have eternal life. In John 4 Christ explains to the Samaritan woman that He is living water and, that if she would drink of Him she would never thirst again. He used the natural water from the well to give her a revelation of who He is. She became the first gentile to accept Him as her Savior.

Jesus explained to this woman that God is a Spirit and that those who worship Him must worship Him in Spirit and truth. This is what the Lord was making very clear in my life. We must worship the Father first in Spirit and then in Truth. Jesus told us that He was going to the Father to receive the Spirit, Jesus would send Him back to earth. Then the Spirit of Truth would lead us into all Truth. This is uncapping Jacob's well.

We discovered a spring on the side of Mt. Gerzim which is Mt. of Blessing in English. We began to bottle this water and give it out to. As I prayed about this project, the Lord told me to go to Jericho. I did some research and found a water bottling plant in Jericho that was bottling water from a similar spring with very pure and great tasting water. I began to negotiate with this plant, but before we could reach a working agreement, they informed me that the plant was being sold. They were told not to make any new agreements.

Instead of waiting on the new owners of this plant I decided to go ahead and bottle the water from the spring on the Mt. of Blessing. It was extremely difficult to get all of the health requirements met in Israel that were required to get permission from the FDA to allow us to import water into the U.S. I ran into some very frustrating days and finally threw my arms up and gave up on the vision the Lord had given me to give a drink of water from a spring in Israel and tell them about Jesus being Living Water.

"I thank my God always concerning you, for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus, that in everything you were enriched in Him, in all speech and all knowledge, even as the testimony concerning Christ was confirmed in you, so that you are not lacking in any gift, awaiting eagerly the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will confirm you to the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is faithful, through whom you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord." (1 Corinthians 1:4-9)

Yes, I am indeed grateful that our God is the faithful One. If He has truly given us a vision, then He will look over that vision to fulfill it. I experienced a real death to the vision for a while, but then the Lord began to encourage me and strengthen me for this awesome vision. I give Him all the glory and rejoice in my weakness, because when I am weak, He is strong. Glory!

The Lord instructed me to go back to Jericho and work with this water bottling plant. It had been sold to Coca Cola, and they were glad to work with me. The plant is on the west side of Jericho with the Mt. of Temptation directly behind it. Amazingly up on the top of this mountain is a spring of water that is very pure and good tasting. This is where the Lord spent 40 days in the wilderness where He was empowered by the Holy Spirit to come forth as our Lord and Savior.

The Lord has instructed me to provide this water to people all over the world and to tell them that God is love and that He loves people so much. That He sent His Son to live on earth and die for them so that they can be free from their sins and spend eternity with God. By uncapping Jacob's well, we are retelling the story of Jesus meeting the Samaritan woman and offering her Living Water. Today Jesus still offers each of us to receive this Living Water, the Life of Jesus Himself. I pray that you have received Him as Lord and Savior?

The Lord is looking for a few good folks who want to be involved in this vision. Call me at 254-799-7657 or e-mail me at: homerowen@peoplepc.com

Bless you for reading this vision and considering what you might do and we especially appreciate your prayers. Again, may He be glorified. Homer Owen

The following message comes with each bottle of water that will introduce a person to Jesus.

It is a pleasure to furnish this bottle of water to you, that came from a natural spring in the hills of Israel where Jesus lived and walked 2,000 years ago. This water has been tested to be pure and you will love the taste. The Gospel of John in the New Testament tells us in Chapter 4 that Jesus stopped at Jacob's well in Sychar one day and asked a local Samaritan woman for a drink. She did not know Him as this woman gave Jesus a drink, they began to talk with each other about spiritual matters.

Jesus, being a prophet, told the woman that He knew she had been married several times. That the man who she was living with now, was not her husband. Jesus was letting her know that He knew everything about her life and that He had come that day to invite her to drink "Living Water" in order to satisfy the thirsting (Emptiness and longing for satisfaction) of her heart.

Jesus knows everything you have ever done and still wants you, and in the same way as the Samaritan woman, is offering Himself, as Living Water, to satisfy your inner thirst for satisfaction. All you have to do is call upon Him with an honest desire to have Him lead you to Himself and give you the Living Water that will satisfy your every need.

God is love. He loves you so much that he sent Jesus into this world to live a perfect life for you and then die on your behalf, not only to satisfy God, and allow Him to forgive you because of all your sins, but to satisfy your desire for Him. As you drink this water, also drink deeply of the Living Water from heaven. You will be blessed as you read the complete story in John 4.

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