descend into God's love

“I have no one in heaven but you; I want nothing on earth besides you.” Psalm 73:25

My friend Keith took his wife, Sarah, to Cozumel, Mexico to celebrate their anniversary. Sarah loves to snorkel. Give her fins, a mask, and a breathing tube, and watch her go deep. Down she swims, searching for the mysteries below.

Keith’s idea of snorkeling includes fins, a mask, and a breathing tube, but it also includes a bellyboard. The surface satisfies him.

Sarah, however, convinced him to take the plunge. Forty feet offshore, she shouted for him to paddle out. He did. The two plunged into the water where she showed him the twenty-foot-tall submerged cross. “If I’d had another breath,” he confessed, “the sight would have taken it away.”

Jesus waves for you to descend and see the same. Forget surface glances. No more sunburned back. Go deep. Take a breath and descend so deeply into His love that you see nothing else.

-Max Lucado

and when you are so submerged in His love, you will realize that you have all the love you ever need. you will no longer find yourself searching for something you already have. we already have all the love, all the approval we need. if you continue to search for love in other places, on the surface, you will end up unsatisfied, unfulfilled, and most likely broken and hurt. so instead of searching, just dive on in. His love is a never flood. it never takes, only pours out. and when you are sinking in His love, a fountain of love for others will surge out of your life. you will begin to love like Jesus.

i no longer am in want of the things You can bring, all i want is You more than anything.