DEEP CALLETH UNTO THE DEEP

Many years ago, I was in a small pastors' gathering in Oslo in Norway with Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke. Brother Reinhard spoke and shared from his heart.

The things that he shared were very simple, yet they had a profound and indescribable effect on my heart. When the meeting was over, and everybody had gone, I remained in my seat with my head bowed, weeping. I don't know why, because the things that he shared were so simple, yet my heart had been stirred to the very depths. If we seek the Treasures of our Lord, we will find them even in the simplest truths shared under the anointing of the Holy Spirit. Many mistakenly reject the simple because they think that profundity is only found in that which impresses the intellect.

I looked up after some time and saw that I was not alone in the room. Bro Reinhard was also there, standing by the pulpit looking intently at me. As our eyes met, he said "Christopher, come here". I got up and walked up to him. He held out his arms and hugged me. I wept, he also wept softly. He held me close for quite some time.

He then looked me in the eyes and said, "Deep calleth unto the deep, Christopher; deep calleth unto the deep!"

It was a defining moment in my life. I realize that many of us really want to serve God, but our passions lie in shallow things. We cannot see the Glory of our Lord if we sell ourselves short, giving ourselves to the shallow matters of this world, instead of the matters of eternity.

Let us give ourselves to deeper things. There are many chains yet unbroken, waiting for us to bring the Gospel message. Let a passion "to be more like Jesus" be the driving force in our life; yes, even possess us and consume us. Let us say "He must Increase, and I must decrease", and really mean it. Let us seek precious communion with our Lord, and be one with Him...

O Lord may your Spirit find such depth in my spirit and my soul.

In the words of the Apostle Paul;

"That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death.

If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.

Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also, I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus".

Phil 3:10-14

Originally posted on Facebook by Pastor Christopher Alam