Are you a deep diver and I am not talking about putting on a wetsuit, diving mask, air tank, snorkel, fins…to go into the ocean. I’m talking about a spiritual dive like Jonah did in the belly of the fish, Jonah 1:17.

Some of us are created to dive in and go down pretty deep spiritually and some to stay shallow. God never gives us more than we can handle, one of the reason we shouldn’t compare ourselves to others is because a bad experiences in your life can make you stronger, but can traumatize and cripple someone else, especially if they’re not called and decides to just copy what they see others doing that looks so easy.

I like to dive in and go down deep, not because I could hold my breath for lengths of time, but because the Holy Spirit is my oxygen. When it’s power has taken complete control, falling fresh on me, opening my blind eyes so I can see, deaf ear so I can hear and dumb mouth to speak. Then and only then can I say, “ I do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” There’s no way I would be capable of doing certain things on my own or of my own strength without God’s help.

The spiritual wisdom, knowledge and understanding attained from being a deep diver can be too much for some to bear. So they judge and criticize when they’re only on the shallow end. Life is given to everyone by God with the ability for us to choose, and we’re ignorant in not using it wisely for good all the time. I guess destined to be balanced with evil we sometimes can’t help ourselves, goodness can’t last forever, not in this life. There’s the good and bad as long as we’re in this body, this thing called flesh covering the spirit. The imperfections of our existence will always remain, but we must have the balance. You can’t be good all the time, neither bad. It takes discipline to stand in righteousness and goodness unto the end for it is a battle, let’s face it. Ecclesiastes 7:16 “Do not be overrighteous, neither be overwise- why destroy yourself?” 7:20 “Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.”

“Take a leap and dive in, go down deep, really deep, that’s where you’ll find God, and all truth and righteousness, when desire to be spiritual. To be shallow we’re in the flesh and to be spiritual you’re in the depth penetrating the flesh to the higher self the spirit, the image of God within; his breath he blew in us to make us a living soul.”

The flesh is shallow, but the spirit is deep. In the shallow we can see only the surface, but in the depth is dark and mysterious until you reach the light within.