A Glimpse of Something
New
As a child of seven
learning to swim, I have a memory of my first Red Cross swimming lessons. My brother and I went every Tuesday morning
for several weeks in the summer.
Anything my older brother could do I would try because I felt I had to
keep up with him. But one week, the
lesson was learning to go deeper in the water to collect objects off the bottom
of the pool while holding your breath.
When you are only four feet tall, and the water you are in is around
five, fear grips the heart, especially when you have moved from the comfortable
three foot water of yesterday, to the over-the-head, sink-or-swim water of the
now. As I watched my brother go down and
retrieve the rubber comb and move on to the advanced class, I knew I would have
to do the same if I wanted to keep up with him.
I did not know which was worse, the fear of the water or the fear of
being left behind as my brother moved closer toward the final lesson.
Recently I saw myself in
a vision. I was running through a thick
forest in fear of something chasing me.
I came out of the trees upon a stream of water running quickly over rocks
through the middle of this forest. I
heard a voice ahead speak, “Get in My water
As an adult, learning to
swim in the
We see the flow of His River
representing the outpouring of His Holy
Spirit. We must know and understand revelation by the Spirit of Truth of
God’s word. We must retrieve
understanding and collect valuable treasures as we go deeper in the “...river
whose streams make glad the city of
From the beginning of creation
in Genesis, a river has flowed, giving life to the land. For
Dear Saint, look at your
life through the eye of the Spirit of God.
By learning the treasures of the deep, join the river’s flow. The difficulties of life should make your
faith purer, your trust more steadfast, your hope brighter and your resolve
deeper. So much is happening in the
spirit realm these last days of the church age, so you must come out of the
realm of your own reasoning! You must
come into His realm, the One you
await. Be dependent upon Him and His moving.
You must begin to see with your spirit eye and not just the natural
eye. See the river flowing in the
spirit! When His anointing is moving and
troubling the waters, jump into the river with no fear! Swim out to the middle and turn over on your
back and float. Allow the refreshing
water to roll over you. Allow the Spirit
to overwhelm you as you look for a glimpse of His face--the visual presence of
His Glory by the Spirit. Only then will
you truly find that clearing in the forest of life that brings you into His
purpose. As the enemy of our soul loses our scent and cannot touch us in the
moving flow of HIS peace you become all that God desires for you, as you stay
in the life-giving influence of His River.
For when you catch a glimpse of His River flowing, you will hang a sign
on your empty work post: “Gone for a
glimpse of something new in the
