Ps 42:7: Deep calls unto deep at the noise of your waterfalls” Does anybody out there have any idea what this verse means?
The deeper you go with God, the more sensitive you are to His dealings. Until you allow God to get to the core of who you are and to what you believe…your relationship will remain shallow with Him.
I’m not just looking for Deep! I’m looking to go deep. In other words, I’m looking for Deep that calls unto Deep! That is the deep things of God calling and drawing out the Depth of my spirit to come and reveal itself. I’m going after the ‘eye hath not seen and ear hath not heard’ dimension! It’s a personal encounter with the face of God that I’m longing for. Along with that comes a wrestling match with my will! Will I yield to receive what I desire? Will I receive all that He desires to give me?
God wants to bring us to a point where our natural strength is touched and fundamentally weakened so that we no longer dare to trust ourselves.
It happened to Jacob in Gen 32. Jacob was left alone, face to face with the angel of the Lord. The wrestling began…hour by hour…through the night he wrestled for his desired blessing….it wasn’t until Jacob got to the core of himself and finally admitted the truth of his name (who he was), that he received his blessing. But it cost him something! His strength! From that moment on he walked with a limp…he had been broken, but now he could truly be strong in the Lord and the Power of His might.
The deeper you go in the water, the more pressure there is. The more pressure, the more it squeezes you. Spiritual depth presses the impurities out of you. Painful? Yes! But it’s where you want to be! Not easy, but so GOOD! Are you feeling the pressure, You’re in the right place!
Go Deeper Still…
A right now Word. I am here and would not want to be anywhere but here, right now in my life. the deeper i go no matter how painful, In God there is hope and healing on the other side. i am with you Karen- I too want the “Eye has not seen, ear has not heard dimension”!. Thank you for doing these Blogs they are wonderful, so many are bless and encouraged by then. you GO! Girl, in God.
Amen and Amen
Deep calls unto deep at the noise of your waterfalls… I thought of what a deep or shallow waterfall sounds like. A shallow waterfall where the water is hitting mainly rocks is very noisy and not very relaxing, but a waterfall pouring into a deep pool is awesome and would make me want to stay longer to listen. The sound of that kind of deep would speak inside to my deep much more than a shallow splatter.
This speaks to me about a cleansing, so it may not be an easy waterfall to hear… The Amplified says “7[Roaring] deep calls to [roaring] deep at the thunder of Your waterspouts; all Your breakers and Your rolling waves have gone over me.” I agree that going deep means letting more of God in, which in turns leads to more “cleaning” out of me, which can be difficult to go through. In the end though, the clean feeling is like no other experience – to be clean before God is such joy!
My favorite part of this verse is that it starts earlier in the chapter with “As the deer pants for the water (translates to a brook or stream), so my soul longs for You.” But the closer we get on our journey to God, the bigger we realize He is. We’re looking for a stream, then hear a waterfall, and are then overcome by waves crashing (an ocean reference). There is always more depth to be added!