How Deep Can You Go?

Many of us have been to parties in our younger years (and maybe in our older!) where we have played the exciting game of Limbo. For some that have not stretched out their muscles in a while, the game can be rather humbling as one attempts to go under the stick.

Yes, the measuring stick. Two people holding a measuring stick, that with each pass it becomes lower and lower and lower. People all around are simultaneously yelling "How low can you go?". The lower you go, the closer to the prize you get! I am humble enough to admit that I have never won!

There is a way to measure how deep we can go in God. It is found in Ezekiel 47. Ezekiel was led by a man with a measuring stick into the river of life that flowed from the temple of God. At first it was ankle deep, then it was knee deep. As they continued it became waist deep and eventually reached the depth that Ezekiel was submersed and had to swim. What we see here is a spiritual picture that we can apply in the natural.

The first lesson we can glean here is that Ezekiel didn't choose to simply stand on the river bank and watch the water run by him. In other words he didn't want the Spirit of God to run by him. By taking a step into the water, there was a willingness to experience a depth of God that he did not know.

The second lesson that we can glean is that Ezekiel didn't settle for just remaining in ankle deep water. He went to the next step. We need to be ever willing to go to the next level in God.

The third lesson that can be gleaned is that our growth has to be a continual process. We don't see where Ezekiel backed out of the water because he didn't like getting wet or because he didn't like the temperature of the water. No matter how uncomfortable things may get or if we don't like the process, we must keep going forward in Jesus. Be determined that there is no other choice.

The forth lesson is that we need to trust God enough to fully be submersed in him. When we are fully submersed in him, he has the ability to move us in whatever direction he so desires and all we can do is to go with the flow for he has full control.

The degree we are willing to go in determines how deep we go in God. This example shows us an outward expression of an inward work. An inward work is revealed by an outward expression. God has no limits on the depth that we can go in him. How deep will you and can you go?