“The amount of gold dissolved in the oceans is nearly ten million tons, which is about 180 times the total amount of gold dug in mines in the entire history of humanity.”
Gen 1:9 God spoke: "Separate! Water-beneath-Heaven, gather into one place; Land, appear!" And there it was.
Gen 1:10 God named the land Earth. He named the pooled water Ocean. God saw that it was good.
For centuries man never really new the depths of the Ocean. Still to this day, a lot of it is still unknown. There was no real need to know what lay below the surface, because we had land. We could walk the land and profit from the land. We only used the Ocean for its fish. How is it that even though we know the world so well, we still do not know all that lies beneath?
Well, I am going to make a turn and take the next exit to “The Deep.” This is a place that has been overlooked because it is so well hidden. In order to get there, you have to go deeper than you have ever been before. You have to pass all attempts of others and reach beyond your own ability to get there. It will test your patience, but it is well worth the work.
On the way there you will meet several different levels:
Boundless – takes you past the boundaries of this world.
Prayer – teaches you to rely on someone other than yourself.
Faith – tests your belief in the Deep.
Sacrifice – takes you through the darkest depths.
Light – leads you to the gates of the Deep.
Each level teaches you a lesson and strengthens you for the next test. Every person who attempts to make it to the Deep experiences different tests from anyone else. That is why no man or woman can tell another exactly what to do to make it to the gates. Some people give up, while others make it.
The first step is going past your boundaries and the boundaries that have been set around you. This is the breaking point or the dive. Many people glance back and see the light and reflections from what they have left behind and they go back to the surface, unable to leave their world behind. But, there are others who do not look back, but focus ahead with one purpose in mind.
The next step is prayer. The deeper you go, the easier it is to lose your way. The darker it becomes and the more creatures of the dark you will face. Some give up at this level, some are even destroyed. But, there are those who learn to pray and they make it through. Sometimes, they may even bare scars from that level, but that only strengthens them for the next.
Then you come to the level of faith. At this level many begin to panic and cannot see, so they stay at this level. Whoever stays at this level will wander in it for the rest of their lives. You may even meet some of them before you make it to the next level. They will try to persuade you, confuse, and discourage you, because of their own lack of faith. But, you must press on.
Gen 1:9 God spoke: "Separate! Water-beneath-Heaven, gather into one place; Land, appear!" And there it was.
Gen 1:10 God named the land Earth. He named the pooled water Ocean. God saw that it was good.
For centuries man never really new the depths of the Ocean. Still to this day, a lot of it is still unknown. There was no real need to know what lay below the surface, because we had land. We could walk the land and profit from the land. We only used the Ocean for its fish. How is it that even though we know the world so well, we still do not know all that lies beneath?
Well, I am going to make a turn and take the next exit to “The Deep.” This is a place that has been overlooked because it is so well hidden. In order to get there, you have to go deeper than you have ever been before. You have to pass all attempts of others and reach beyond your own ability to get there. It will test your patience, but it is well worth the work.
On the way there you will meet several different levels:
Boundless – takes you past the boundaries of this world.
Prayer – teaches you to rely on someone other than yourself.
Faith – tests your belief in the Deep.
Sacrifice – takes you through the darkest depths.
Light – leads you to the gates of the Deep.
Each level teaches you a lesson and strengthens you for the next test. Every person who attempts to make it to the Deep experiences different tests from anyone else. That is why no man or woman can tell another exactly what to do to make it to the gates. Some people give up, while others make it.
The first step is going past your boundaries and the boundaries that have been set around you. This is the breaking point or the dive. Many people glance back and see the light and reflections from what they have left behind and they go back to the surface, unable to leave their world behind. But, there are others who do not look back, but focus ahead with one purpose in mind.
The next step is prayer. The deeper you go, the easier it is to lose your way. The darker it becomes and the more creatures of the dark you will face. Some give up at this level, some are even destroyed. But, there are those who learn to pray and they make it through. Sometimes, they may even bare scars from that level, but that only strengthens them for the next.
Then you come to the level of faith. At this level many begin to panic and cannot see, so they stay at this level. Whoever stays at this level will wander in it for the rest of their lives. You may even meet some of them before you make it to the next level. They will try to persuade you, confuse, and discourage you, because of their own lack of faith. But, you must press on.
Then comes the level of sacrifice. This level is the hardest of all. You are required to die to your flesh here. You will be broken. You will learn what it means to live in the spirit. This is the level where you begin to see, but not anything you have seen before. You will see through your spirit. Many stay at this level as well. They understood that there would be sacrifice, but they were too afraid to move past the place of sacrifice and live by the spirit. Here is where they find caves and hide. They sit alone and pray, but they never attempt to go deeper, because of fear. This place is also home to envy and pride. The enemy comes to this place to try to devour many of the people here before they can reach the next level. This is a place of battle.
The final level is light. This is a level that leads you to the gates of the Deep. Many people like David, Jeremiah, and Elijah dwelled in this level for many years. This level is not to benefit us; it is for the people following us. It is for the generations to come. It is at this place the prophets of old came to with open eyes. There was no more darkness to blind their vision. This is the greatest level.
But, many people never come to the water. They search for the treasures of the earth and they do not long for the depths. Yet, the water is richer than the land. The land thrives on the water. The land holds the waters back. Now that the land has been searched over, it is time to search the depths of God. He is calling us to the water.
As Christians, we are called to go deeper. If we continue to stand back and not dive in, we are missing out. The surface is good, but the depths are beyond description.
Deut. 29:29 The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.
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