Going Deeper - It's basic, yet essential!

We say we want to go deep in the Lord, but do we stay consistent with our devotional/prayer-Word time with Him? It's much more than asking God to bless our day & read a verse...It's pouring your heart out of your trials, tribulations, and sins...and asking Him for help, forgiveness, and direction. By staying consistent with this one thing...we go deeper in the Lord because HE takes us there.

I think we want something so much more complicated...but it's so simple...time alone w/ the Lord...full transparency & dependency. And we have to stay there...shallow waters are lukewarm...God is so good and wants to use us in others' lives. He needs us to report in daily with our mindset to live for Him and do what He asks. That's when we find ourselves in the middle of God's will.

 

Shallow waters are lukewarm....hmmm. This is true. We cannot stay in shallow waters for long.

 

Listen to what Paul says in 1 Corinthians 3:2, 3: I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able, for you are still fleshly.....

 

I take it as: We cannot receive the solid (deeper) things of God when we are walking in the flesh...When we're lead by the flesh...we can't receive the truth. Our hearts are hardened, our minds are focused on things of this world...and we don't let what God has to say rule in our lives.

 

1 Peter 2:2 says: Therefore, putting aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander, like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation, if you have tasted the kindness of the Lord.

 

Malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander...it's safe to say these are deeds of the flesh.

 

If you're driving the car in the wrong direction, when you realize you're going the wrong way, what do you do? You HIT THE BRAKES & TURN AROUND, right?

 

So, if you see these deeds of flesh in your life...worldliness in your life - what should you do? HIT THE BRAKES & TURN AROUND.

 

How? LONG FOR THE PURE MILK OF THE WORD.  We've got to go back to basics always. These 'basics' are essentials! Essential to our walks with God, essential to our lives, essential to our kids' salvation. When we get off track, we just need to stop & start over.

 

How? Long for the Word. Long for God.

 

I wholeheartedly believe that anyone who has truly experienced God's kindness and goodness can NEVER truly turn away. They may try to ease the pain of their conviction and pain from sin. But they can never walk away from our amazing, good God if they have truly tasted the kindness of the Lord.

 

So in the event you blow it. Just stop. Repent. Ask God to remove the sins from your life, and ask Him to help you start over. And then daily, go to Him for strength to avoid the traps of sin. Ask Him to put the fear of the Lord in you.

 

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.

Psalm 111:10

 

Stay transparent with Him, and dependent on Him. Realize what it says in John 15 - Apart from Him, we can do nothing. Here is where the deepness begins. When He is set as Lord over all in your life.

 

God bless!