“I trust in the LORD; my soul trusts in His word.” Will you come to the deep with me? These exact words the Lord expressed to me, but they relate to us all. Will you place your complete trust in the Lord and trust the Lord to forgive you, trust that He loves you, trust that He will provide everything you truly need? The deep is a place we long for and truly need but are afraid to let go of the fear of drowning in our sorrow, of being alone, of losing control of our life or entering the unknown. The Lord invites us not to think of the deep in terms of human constructs, images, thoughts, or experiences but rather as a spiritual exercise on trust. We think of the deep as dark, violent, filled with terrifying creatures, terrifying indeed. We think of large waves overwhelming us. We sink, are taken down, take in water, drown, and die. The Lord shows us a different image and suggests different thoughts to consider, ponder and pray. The deep God invites us into is calm, warm, sparkling blue. No one there but God and you. The water appears as a crystal blue clear sky with the most beautiful, radiant clouds as pockets of air and light that reflect God’s glory, reflecting God’s presence under the water. Like light that bounces off a crystal, God reflects beauty in the deep. The Lord extends a loving invitation come enter the deep with Him. No fear or concerns, no hesitation or anxieties, no worries, just you and the Lord in the silence of the calm. This is a heavenly invitation to deepen trust in the Lord. To surrender your fear and embrace God’s loving presence. God continues to invite and encourage trust in Him. He says, stay here with me, pray here with me, obey here with me, love here with me, minister from here with me. The Father invites us also to consider the unfortunate consequence of not being in this place is like a fish ensnared and caught in a net. As if one being hauled on to the shore and left to die. On the shore awaits war, darkness, chaos, division, death. If we remain in trust with the Lord, we live and are loved, cared for, and remain under God’s loving protection. The deep is a spiritual exercise of self-surrender and trust. Can you surrender yourself and surrender it all to God and simply trust that God will provide all you need and everything else?
