Drowning

I have been hyponotized with the image of the ocean of God. It is has been in the music I have been listening to, in the Scripture that I have been studying, in the relevance of where my life is at...instead of where it should be. I am drowning in this ocean.

And it occurred to me, what if that is the point.

I love the band NeedtoBreathe. In their song, "Something Beautiful" they sing, "In Your ocean I'm ankle deep. I feel the waves crashing on my feet. It's like I know where I need to be but I can't figure out just how much air I will need to breathe when Your tide rushes over me..." and then, "And the water is coming quick. And for years I was scared of it. We can't be sure when it will subside. So I won't leave Your side. No, I can't leave Your side."

When it comes to God, what are we so scared of? David Crowder (my absolute favorite) writes, "If His grace is an ocean we're all sinking."

I do not want to be a person who just stands ankle deep in His ocean of grace. I want Him to pull His tide up and wash it over me. I want to drown in His grace and love. To swim in His glory. To breathe Him. That's what Yahweh, God's name, is. Breath. Every breath that we take in or let out speaks His name.

Psalm 90:2 says, "...from everlasting to everlasting you are God." The ocean will never go away. His love is deeper, wider, higher...and God wants to drown us in it.

Oh, to take that leap and for once believe that He will be faithful! I don't want to feel the waves crashing. I want to be turned over by them . What about you?