Go Deep!

 I woke up this morning reading 1 Peter.  As I was reading I read the scripture that states " Above All, love each other deeply, because Love covers a multitude of sins. I was reminded once again how powerful "Love" is.  The words "I love you"  is becoming just as futile as the statement " God bless you" after a person sneezes. We throw it around so lightly as if to say those words really carry no weight because we have become such a surface generation where everything is based off what we see or what is presented. No one takes the time to go deep. Peter challenges us not just to Love but to love each other deeply (well within or beneath the surface; to a thorough extent or profound degree). 

 

We have been trained by the old saying, "what you see is what you get". Believing that's all it is to a person making it almost impossible to really love deeply.  You know it's quite easy to take your shoes off, stand in the shallow waters trying to grasp the beauty of the ocean from afar. Trying to guess if there is anything under the glare of the oceans face, under the trash, stench, and pollution from those who didn't really appreciate or understand it's beauty or existance only seeing it as a body of water, or even trying to see if it still holds any value because it's become so crowed by people and things.

 

What would happen if we took the time to invest in what we needed to feel safe, secure, and equipped to go deep! I've heard some remarkable stories about the elaborate treasures found at the bottom of the ocean or valuables recovered from sunken vessels. Yes to find these treasures and these valuables that have been lost its going to take a lot more than taking off your shoes but the experience is well worth the time it took for you to learn how to go deep, well worth the equipment you invested in that is needed to really explore and survive in the deep!

 

One day I was challenged and I try to challenge those around me to ask yourself a question when it comes to relationships whether it be marriage, friendship, church, or business, "Is the core of who a person is worth fighting for?" Most people can't answer that question because when someone hurts us our first response usually is to hurt them back or walk away, when someone lie to us we refuse to trust them again, when someone make a mistake we really don't forgive them, or when people show us a part of themselves that we don't like or understand we go to our "what we see is what we get" mode and we judge! Now I'm not saying we are not suppose to use wisdom. There are some places that divers know is not safe nor worth the dive and they simply don't.  

 

I also know we are living in a world where it is so hard to go deep but does that mean we hang up our gear and never attempt to find what lies beneath the bank of the ocean?  I can tell you the ocean of life is far more than we can grasp a hold of from the distant shore. 

 

I can tell you from my going deep experiences I have recovered some very valuable things from sunken vessels. You know what I mean...from people that have been misunderstood, mistreated, pre-judged, labeled, out-casted, over looked, lost and forgotten. They are the most precious vessels sometimes with the most valuable treasures. The hurt, pain, bitterness, and hardness is on the surface but man underneath is Gold! Now many will read this and say, "what ever Tiffany..." more than likely it's because you never went deep within the ocean of your own soul to find out you too are a remarkable treasure or you have forgotten that you were once lost but God used an experienced diver willing to go deep to uncover or recover you. Maybe you read this and say, "been here done that and will never again." I say to you that divers get disappointed all the time but they go back and examine their expedition see what went wrong but most importantly what they did right. They learn, they find out what they need to go deep again that they didn't have the first time, they make sure they have the right team or should this next adventure be one they have to take alone.  Maybe you realize you've been on the shallow end so afraid of going deep I say ask God to give you His full gear (armor) and get ready to be astounded. 

 

Lets learn to love each other deeply beyond what our shallow eyes can see. That includes loving for ourselves and loving God. There is depths to God that most people including us who are saved and go to church will never come to know because we are too afraid to go deep, we have been disappointed and don't want to go back again, or those who rather live by "what you see is what you get" method even with God. I believe there is a bounty of treasure in the deep that will never been found because not too many will ever do what is needed to go deep!

 

Remember you can't go deep without being equipped because the pressure in the depths of the ocean is too much for you to handle on your own and like so many you will loose yourself and die before you reach the ocean floor.  You need your fathers Holy Spirit with you at all times in the deep! He can equip you and take you further than you ever imagine in Love for others. Remember Perfect Love cast out all Fear so Go Deep! Change the world, help those who seem like a hopeless case, uncover treasure you didn't even know existed in your current relationships, lets be a true reflection of God's love, and I can go on ...but instead I will say again,  Go Deep!

 

 

Tiffany James, Encouraging Touch Enterprise
"Give a gift that creates a Legacy to Encourage, Inspire, and Bless those you love for a life time"

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