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GodÔÇÖs Word and Water Sports

There are many ways to enjoy waterfloating on a raft, water skiing, wading, snorkeling, and deep-sea diving. We can float on a raft, drifting aimlessly as the slight movement of the water lulls us into a very relaxing snooze. We can water ski, gliding over the surface of the water, feeling the spray of the water as it splashes our legs and mists our face.

We can wade into the shallow edge of the water, afraid to go too far from the safety of the shore. We can go snorkeling, diving into the water, but still connected to the surface. Or we can get fitted with an oxygen filled life support tank and go deep-sea diving.

Our approach of GodÔÇÖs Word is a lot like water sports. There are many ways to approach GodÔÇÖs word. We can float around on the surface, drifting aimlessly through His Word lulled into apathetic status, just playing with the words.

We can skim right over the top of GodÔÇÖs Word, flying too fast to let anything really soak in. We can just read lightly, not really wanting to get too deep into His Word for fear something in the Word may take us too far from the world. We can immerse ourselves in GodÔÇÖs Word, but yet still remain connected to the ways of the world. Or we can submerge into the depths, using the Holy Spirit as our guide, and search His Word as if searching for hidden treasure.

Which approach will we take concerning GodÔÇÖs Word; floating, skiing, wading, snorkeling, or deep-sea diving?
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Shalom Alechem B'Shem Yeshua HaMashiach.
(Peace be unto you in the Name of Jesus the Messiah)