Your Soul Runs Deep
Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers have swept over me.
Psalm 42:7
Psalm 42:7
The era in which we live is unprecedented. Never before in human history have we faced this unique set of circumstances and challenges. This is the reality in which we live.
But, as followers of Jesus, we must face a different reality. Shallow, ignorant thinking does not catch our imagination or move us. For us, Jesus speaks directly to the hero in our soul. And this gives each of us a purpose that runs very deep.
For such a time as this, we call upon the Lord for unusual strength. He alone makes us courageous when we are under mounting pressures.
There are some breeds of fish that thrive two thousand feet below the surface of the ocean, enduring a pressure of a thousand pounds per square inch. How do they survive? They are made for that kind of pressure. In fact, when they are brought to shallow waters, they die.
Likewise, we are not made for shallow waters. Jesus needs us to go deep and search for those lost in the dark depths.
If you doubt that you can handle this kind of pressure, remember Jesus, who endured the Cross. He went there to take the pressure of sin off your life. He went there so you would never have to.
In these trying days we can draw added strength from the deep wellspring of eternal life in Jesus Christ, and fight all the more courageously through every obstacle.
Today's Prayer
Father God, you are my strength and my Salvation. I pray that Your Holy Spirit will fill my soul to their very depths, that no outer force will ever defeat the great path upon which You have placed me. Grant me the strength to live and the courage to dare deeper each day. In Jesus' name. Amen.
