In Deepest Waters

"...Your grace abounds in deepest waters

Your sovereign hand

Will be my guide

Where feet may fail and fear surrounds me

You've never failed and You won't start now

So I will call upon Your name

And keep my eyes above the waves

When oceans rise

My soul will rest in Your embrace

For I am Yours and You are mine…"

-"Oceans" by Hillsong United 

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There are times in our Christian walk when we are faced with a challenge, and it becomes obvious to us again how little we actually know, how limited our abilities, and how desperate we are, and still very much in need of our Savior's hand. 

These times of falling on our face are necessary, because it's easy to coast along thinking to ourselves that we've got this life thing figured out. But, oh, how wrong we often are, how futile our attempts. 

We need Jesus every minute of every day, but it's in the storms that we cry out to Him more, and often when we realize the most how faithful and good our God is to see us through. 

We need these times of crying out to God, because it's in falling on Him, and relying on Him, that we actually find freedom and purpose. Because the beautiful thing about Jesus, is, He's in the business of restoration, and through every trial we face, and every heartache we endure, Christ is always redeeming us, and giving our pain purpose. This is how we learn, this is how we grow, this is how our relationship with our God deepens. 

These times of pain are necessary, and because we know our God is good, we can trust that through the storm, God is working it all out, and actually teaching us along the way. 

His grace abounds in deepest waters, and He will always see us through.