We sing the songs, we study the verses, and pass along the devotionals with the message “Lord, I want to go deeper, Anything for your glory, I’m ready Lord, Use me.”

But when He takes us deeper, when He takes us to that cliff and we’re in the pit of deeper, not quite how we envisioned…all of a sudden we don’t like deeper. We don’t want to be there. We don’t want to be broken. We don’t want to see His glory in the deep, yet we were so anxious to see His glory from the heights.

We seem to believe that theses moments of deeper should be elevated moments of success, back to back victories, happy, happy, joy, joy. We don’t believe that deeper sometimes means us taking a detour to the pit – the pit of tragedy, the pit of sickness, the pit of unemployment, the pit of divorce, the pit of a lost child. This is when He’s taking us deeper, that’s when He wants to develop our faith, that’s when He wants to speak to us, when He wants to use us.

It’s in these very moments that He is taking us deeper.

As I am reminded of one of my favorite songs… “Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders, let me walk upon the waters, WHEREVER you would call me…take me where my faith will be made stronger in the presence of my Savior.” -Oceans (Where Feet May Fail) Hillsong United

The moment we say “Yes, Lord use me, Yes, Lord I’ll go” we don’t have say in the wherever. We have to trust Him, trust the process, and allow Him to take us deeper WHEREVER He would call us.

Now that’s deep!

“We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs the all.”

-2 Corinthians 4:8-9, 17

Forever Grateful,

J