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“We are not digging another well while standing beside one God already filled. We are drawing fresh water from a proven source and carrying it to a new generation.”
— Bishop W. F. Houston Jr.
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An uncovered ancient stone well filled with clear water beside an open Bible at sunrise
VISUAL WISDOM REFLECTIONDraw From the Proven Source

Draw From the Proven Source

Novelty can become a distraction when it convinces us that everything valuable must begin with us. Isaac reopened wells that had already sustained another generation. His labor was new, but the water was not.

Spiritual maturity honors inherited truth without becoming imprisoned by inherited methods. We do not worship the dirt around the well, and we do not abandon the water beneath it. We remove the obstruction and make the source accessible again.

The calling is not to manufacture revelation. It is to faithfully carry what God has already filled into the thirst of the present age.

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