Going Deeper

My weakness overwhelms me at times….the fear of not living up to expectations…. Not being good enough….Jesus reminds us that only God is good. We will always stumble, we will always fail….we are always sinners who fall short of the glory of God…
George MacDonald says in his book of unspoken sermons “ Many, alas! Have looked upon his face, yet never seen him, and have turned back; some have kept company with him for years, and denied him; but their weakness is not the measure of the patience or the resources of God.” pg. 182 ( The Way)

With scuba diving you have to practice "failing" in the water before they would let you go deeper. You have to allow water to get into your mask, you have to learn to loose your air piece. Then learn how to clear your mask and retrieve your air piece. They made us practice in the shallow water so that we still had our feet on the ground. I wanted to scuba dive so badly but I didn’t do so well at the “how to recover from possible problems” lesson. Finally after several tries I looked at the instructor and said “ I really want to do this!” He agreed to let me go deeper but I would have to hold his hand. I took his hand and we went deeper and deeper into the water. There was a whole world down there with bright colored coral, eels and painted fish. Before I knew it I was swimming and breathing on my own. I felt like I was flying and I never would have seen any of it if the instructor hadn’t taken my hand and led me deeper.
My fear of failure almost kept me from experiencing a whole other world….what keeps us from Going deeper with God…
“Our weaknesses are not the measure of the patience or the resources of God.”.

Deeper Lyrics and Words by Delirious

I want to go deeper

But I don’t know how to swim

I want to be meeker

But have you seen this old earth?

I want to fly higher

But these arms won’t take me there

I want to be, I want to be

Maybe I could run

Maybe I could fly, to you

Do you feel the same

When all you see is Blame in me?

And the wonder of it all is that I’m living just to fall

More in love with you [x2]

I want to go deeper

But is it just a stupid whim?

I want to be weaker

Be a help to the strong

I want to run faster

But this old leg won’t carry me

I want to be, I want to be

Maybe I could run

Maybe I could fly, to you

Do you feel the same

When all you see is Blame in me?

And the wonder of it all is that I’m living just to fall

More in love with you [x2]

Maybe I could run

Maybe I could follow

It’s time to walk the path

Where many seem to fall

Hold me in your arms

Just like any father would

How long do we have to wait?

How long, we’re going all the way

And the wonder of it all is that I’m living just to fall

More in love with you