DRINKING DEEPLY

Today's reading: Isaiah 12-17

"With joy you will drink deeply from the fountain of salvation!" Isaiah 12:3 NLT

You cannot believe how heavily this verse landed on my heart this morning.

Am I saved? Yes, I am.

Do I have the joy of the Lord? Yes, I do.

Do I choose to drink deeply, and joyfully, from the fountain of my salvation? 

Thud. 

No, I cannot say that I do.

I sip.

I drink.

I partake.

But seldom do I drink deeply from the fountain of my salvation.

Am I afraid of draining it dry? Impossible!

Am I scared of looking less than lady-like? It bothers me little in other areas of my life!

Am I worried about what others will say or think? There in lies the problem.

Might folks think I am enjoying my salvation way too much? Is that possible?

Will someone believe I don't take it seriously enough? Can anyone know, truly know, the depths of our relationship with the Lord?

Could another believer question my gratitude for being saved to the uttermost because I choose to gulp down each and every blessing He affords me through the gift of eternity? Would, in that instance, it be a matter of them questioning it--or being jealous of it?

What keeps me from drinking deeply from the fountain of my salvation is me. My head gets in the way. My thoughts are too many--and too shallow. My audience is those standing before me, not the One I stand before.

Today I am going to begin drinking deeply. I am going to chug down every swallow of joy my salvation affords me. I am going to gulp wildly the fullness being a child of the Most High God affords me.

Care to join me for a drink