Psalm 42:7 (AMP)
[Roaring]
deep calls to [roaring] deep at the thunder of Your waterspouts; all Your
breakers and Your rolling waves have gone over me.
This is not a description of a gentle God.
It sounds like God is trying to drown the writer with a mighty vengeance. I love
this description and I need it to be true in my life. Let me try to explain
why.
The apostle Paul prayed for the Ephesians to
know the depth of God’s love. I’m sure I will never completely know this
because God is Love. It’s too deep to comprehend. I can’t comprehend the depth
of the core of the earth so how could I ever truly know the depth of His love.
I see the first three words of the above Psalm, “[Roaring] deep calls…” as God
calling. He is as a roaring Lion that loves us with an in-comprehensive love and
He is calling to something. What
is He calling? He’s calling to another “roaring deep”.
Recently God has called to a “roaring deep”
in my life. He has called to deep emotional injuries of my past. And He has
called to it with a vengeance to be feared. Jesus said He came to give us life
and life to the full. One way for Him to give us life to the full is to heal us
emotionally from past pains.
Emotional pain is a bit different than
physical pain. In most cases we can narrowly pinpoint the cause of a physical
pain. It can be very different with emotional pain. In many cases it will take
years to expose its disfigured head. It may take a tragic event or help from a
therapist. And if we don’t confront it head on, it will lead us to a sad,
pathetic and regrettable end of life. I don’t want that for me or you.
Once exposed, the Spirit of God will get
very definitive and go to the root of the pain. For us it’s a dreadful journey
through an intense hidden path that leads us to the graveyard of our emotional disfigurement.
This path is hidden by the wilderness of an untamed jungle created by our
neglect, disregard and dismissing the fact that we have a deeply infected
injury. And to get through the jungle of our bitter justifications, we need to
take hold of the Spirit of the Lord until He blesses us. We must take hold of
our spiritual machete, the Word of God, and allow it to cut away the untamed
jungle of our soul. Hebrews 4:12 (AMP) says:
“For
the Word that God speaks is alive and full of power [making it active,
operative, energizing, and effective]; it is sharper than any two-edged sword,
penetrating to the dividing line of the breath of life (soul) and [the immortal] spirit, and of
joints and marrow [of the deepest parts of our nature], exposing and sifting and analyzing and judging the very thoughts and purposes of the
heart.” Your heart was injured
and Jesus came to heal the brokenhearted.
It will be extremely difficult at times to
confront the source of the brokenness. But remember Psalm 23:4. Yes, though I
walk through the [deep, sunless] valley of the shadow of death, I will fear or dread no evil, for You are with me;
Your rod [to protect] and Your staff [to guide], they comfort me.
What next? If you feel suffocated or overwhelmed
with life and you can’t seem to hear from God or get a sense of direction, it
may be the Lord has His rolling waves over you. Maybe He is calling you to go
deeper with Him. If so, you have two choices.
- Panic and do nothing but continue in the neglect of your injury. In this case you will notice the infection will lead to a slow agonizing spiritual and emotional death. Your relationships will not flourish. You will live a shallow and incomplete life. But the most devastating result will be living out phantom Christianity, not ever knowing the depth of God’s love for you.
- Admit your need for deep healing and allow the God of Love to cleanse you with His healing power.
What will you do? I encourage you to pick up your machete (The Word) and allow it to cut away the untamed jungle of your soul. Let the depth of God’s love go to the depths of your brokenness and heal you. I promise you He is faithful to finish the good work He started in you.
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