Redigging the Wells: The Necessity of Vision
He then discusses one particular aspect of the well of our life, the well of vision. Stephen gives several examples from scripture of men with vision; Job, Abraham, Moses, David, Habakkuk, and Paul.
19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
1 I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. 2 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. 4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. 6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
