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There is More! instruction: He called them first to leave the shore and go into
deep waters.
Spiritual depth is where we discover our place in God’s What does “going deeper” look like? It looks like inviting
story. It is where we find a life rich with meaning and packed God into our mundane, everyday living. It means getting alone
with purpose. Going deeper with Jesus, we may feel like we are with Him, as well as getting around people who need Him.
getting out of a boat on rough waters. Yet, this is how we walk Spiritual depth looks like giving God permission to interrupt
on water! Following His nudges throughout our day to love our schedule to encourage, listen, love, and help others around
and serve the people around us allows our lives to leave ripples us. It is spontaneous generosity. Do you know what happens
that will echo into eternity. When we decide to go deeper with when we begin to publicly express God and share our faith
God, we discover a reality that never changes: There is always with others? We begin to see Him show up in our lives! It’s
more! We are able to live in a constant state of revelation of His amazing how real God becomes when we let Him out of our
love towards us and the people around us. The journey begins closet.
by throwing off everything that entangles us from seeing Jesus is calling us deeper in Him, where we will discover
ourselves and this world through our Creator’s eyes. our place in this world. It is in the deep where we will see
There is a story in Luke 5, where the disciples had been fishing and hear God more clearly, where we become renewed in His
all night only to come up empty-handed, tired, disappointed, love, affirmed as His bride, and commissioned as Heaven’s
and probably doubting their calling as fishermen. Here, Jesus ambassadors. God can turn our darkest night of failure,
tells Simon (Peter) to, “Put out into deep water and let down heaviest weight of disappointment, and greatest moment of
your nets for a catch.” When they did this, their catch was so doubt, into the greatest overflow of our lives, if we choose to
great in number that their nets began to break, and both of trust Him in the night. When we allow ourselves to leave the
the boats began to almost sink (Luke 5:4-7 NASB). There are shore of comfort and control, into a reckless obedience to His
so many applicable spiritual truths in this story which God’s voice, we will begin to grasp just how real and present God
Spirit can speak to our hearts. I wish to only point out Jesus’ truly is. ✝

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