by Macy Johnson
“Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers have swept
over me.”
(Psalm 42:7 NIV)
A picture
of a woman floating on a raft on a crystal-clear lake made me feel uneasy. I
like to swim in pools and see what is beneath me. I do not want to know what is
below my raft in the lake near my house. I do not want to watch creatures swim
and crawl under me. Large rocks beneath the woman in the lake loomed larger
than life and a bit intimidating.
I wore my
hard contact lenses while swimming in our pool. Suddenly, a lens popped out of
my eye and floated gently to rest on the bottom of the pool, eight feet below
me. I grabbed a nearby inflatable and a Pyrex dish’s glass lid from the
kitchen. As I floated on the raft, I peered through the glass and located the
blue-tinted lens on the liner’s floor. I dove down and rescued the lens.
Unfortunately, that was a regular routine for me - I did not learn this lesson
the first time.
Locating
my lost contact lens required patience and focus. My pastor’s sermon series
about developing a deeper relationship with God through the Psalms encouraged
me to locate Him in the same way. I must dive past the surface of life to be
filled with my heavenly Father’s love.
“Sir,” the woman said,
“you have nothing to draw with
and the well is deep.
Where can you get this living water?”
(John 4:11 NIV)
Jesus led
the Samaritan woman to plunge herself into the well of His Spirit where living
water is freely available.
I will be patient and focused as I dive into the love of God today. I hope you will, too!
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