Anah was tending his father, Zibeon’s donkeys in the region of Seir south of the Dead Sea nearly 2,000 years before Christ. He was minding his father’s business when he stumbled upon an undiscovered hot springs. His accidental discovery earned him the name “Beeri” (Genesis 26.34) meaning ‘my well’ or ‘water man.’ On the day he discovered water in the wilderness, Beeri the Hittite (alias Anah, son of Zibeon) was not planning to make an important discovery you and I would read about 4,000 years later in a book called Genesis. He was just going about his father’s business.
You and I are called to take care of our Father’s business. Maybe today, we will stumble upon water in the wilderness. It could happen at an unexpected time when we are preoccupied with the activities God has called us to perform. Our accidental discoveries may benefit humankind in unimaginable ways.
