Mom C. once sent me a picture of the water that was coming out of their well in Liberia. It was a lovely dark reddish-brown color. Even though their well had been dug well, even though they kept it up as well as they could, it still stopped supplying them with clean water for their lives. Oh, there was plenty of water...it just looked like a strong cup of rooibos tea.
It was time to dig deeper. They didn't shut down the well or just dump chemicals into it. It wasn't even about "shoring up the walls." Sometimes, we just have to dig deeper.
I spent a couple of days this week with a group of people looking to dig deeper. It was probably one of the most gratifying and fulfilling experiences I have ever had in ministry.
What is your definition of productive--being a well with water, or one with life-giving water? God can fill us all day long, but we haven't dug deep enough, it will still end up a mess.
