How Deep is Our Faith? 

   I’ve written several times comparing faith in God with the deepness of a river, or the ocean.  I find the analogy easy to imagine and helpful in growing my faith in God.

   There are so many levels to one’s faith in God.  Using the water analogy again, it can be as shallow as a small stream or as deep as the ocean.  It is our choice how deep we want to go in faith, but the deeper we go, the more we come to know and love God.  The more we come to know and love God the more our life becomes one of peace and calm even in the hardest times.

   But faith needs to grow, the stream needs to become a brook, the brook a river, and the river needs to lead to the sea and the depths that God wants to share with us.  He is with us always, but He always urges us to come deeper into the ocean of faith, placing all our trust Him.

   Peter stepped out of the boat and began walking on water when Jesus called Him, but he quickly became afraid of the wind and the waves and began to sink.  Jesus immediately reached out to save Him. (Matt 14: 28 – 31).  He says the same to us, He calls us to the deep waters of true faith, promising to never let us sink in the woes and worries of this world.

   When we fully trust in the Lord we can sail the depths without fear, for He is always there to save us.