The Deep Waters of the Holy Spirit#
The deep waters of the Holy Spirit are always accessible, because they are always flowing. Will you claim afresh and anew today to be immersed and drenched in these waters of life?
The waters in Ezekiel's vision were at first 'coming out from under the threshold of the temple ... then a man went to measure it, he found it to be ankle-deep. Soon he measured and found it knee-deep. Again he measured and the water was to his waist. Next it was a river that no-one could cross.'
He measured off another thousand, but now it was a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen and was deep enough to swim in—a river that no one could cross. (Ezekiel 47:5)
How far have we advanced into this river of life?
The Holy Spirit desires that our self be completely submerged - not merely ankle deep, knee deep, waist-deep but self-deep. He wants us hidden and bathed under His life-giving stream. Let loose the lines holding you to the shore and sail into the deep.
Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life... (Revelation 22:1-2a)
The Last Word:
And never forget, the Man who does this measuring is with us today.
#Today's SoulSnack was written by J. Gresham Machen (!881 - 1937) and is found in Ezekiel 47:1-12