Into the Depths of God

The next few posts are excerpts and adaptation from the book Into the Depths of God by Calvin Miller

The waters of life are rough – at the surface. But beneath the choppy waves of circumstances is a peaceful, unchanging haven….a dwelling place in God…a secret rendezvous with Him.

Entering into the depths of the fullness of God is not some distant thing for which a Christian must struggle throughout life. It is as near as one’s heart, a majestic doorway that leads to the reality of God.

For those believers desiring a deep relationship with God, Calvin Miller shows how to break the tryanny of the things that bind up our hearts and then discover an intimacy with God that is too overwhelming to be measured by our senses alone.

First Corinthians 2:10 says But it was to us that God revealed these things by his Spirit. For his Spirit searches out everything and shows us God’s deep secrets. Deep is the dwelling place of God. Those who plumb the deep thjngs of God discover true peace for the first time.

Miller contrasts snorkeling with scuba diving. The inscrutable glories of the deep cannot be described by those hooked on the safety of shallowness. We do not go deep to study God, we go deep to taste His reality. Deep is the gift of discipline. Hungering for a Christ-conformity is the prerequisite for and the treasure of the deep.

Our shallow spirituality holds nothing profound, but it is safe. Once we have tasted of the deep, our interest in the shallows is gone forever. Now we are in pursuit of the living God.