My Water Just Got a Lot Deeper

I think the angel of the Lord that I talked about in the last couple of posts has just pushed me off into the deep end! My company closed and I am now "between jobs". Talk about a place to test one's faith! Two feelings are alternating within my brain... the first of course is fear and panic. This is a ridiculously difficult time to be without a job. The economy stinks and businesses are shrinking not growing. There are bills to pay and the future is nothing short of scary. Alternating with that emotion however is a deep abiding sense of relief. I liked my job and loved the people I worked for and with, but there was a sense of dread and depression about spending the rest of my life calling on customers who (at least in this environment) don't really want to see you. That was tough. (Any salesmen out there who can relate?) Equal to the fear of not having a steady job right now, is the sense of hope I feel for what is coming. I am exploring positions I really want and organizations I really want to work with, rather than jumping on the first thing that comes along. I am looking for a position with an organization making a positive impact on the world in the name of the Lord. I want to do something significant with my life. I want more than just a job. And that is the DEEPER WATER I have been pushed into. Remember, DEEPER WATER is not necessarily troubled times or difficulties in life, it is not synonymous with the "hot water" we get ourselves into (and man have I had my share of that!)... DEEPER WATER is the gradual moving into a deeper dependence on God for everything in life. It is that understanding of DEEPER WATER that is the source of the hope I feel right now. This trial is going to result in my depending on God in a deeper, more significant, more connecting, more fulfilling way. That is going to make life better! Regardless of the changes in lifestyle that may come, life will be better! Yeah God!

So where are the trials of your life pushing you into DEEPER WATER... not into more trouble, but into a deeper dependence on God and a more significant relationship with Him. That is where the "fun" is... the deep, clear, swim and play to our hearts contentment, water that represents a total dependence on the One who created us and knows us best... not a bad place to put one's trust or to find hope for the future. I am going to find a place to serve Him and others and life will be better because of the DEEPER WATER I am in... how about you? Wanna come swim with me- or more importantly with HIM? Life is really all about "moving into deeper water."