WALKING IN THE WATER OF GOD.

5/24/2019

HAVE YOU EVER ASKED YOURSELF WHY WATER IS SO IMPORTANT ? HOW WATER IS EVERYWHERE IN OUR LIVES, AND HOW GOD HAS USED WATER IN HIS CREATION AND KINGDOM ? INCREDIBLY THE ADULT HUMAN IS MADE UP BODILY OF OVER SIXTY PERCENT WATER ! THE BRAIN AND HEART ARE SEVENTY THREE PERCENT WATER, AND THE LUNGS ARE OVER EIGHTY THREE PERCENT WATER. EVEN OUR BONES CONTAIN THIRTY ONE PERCENT WATER. WE NEED WATER EVERY DAY TO SURVIVE. WE CAN GO WITHOUT FOOD FOR A WHILE, BUT NOT WATER. WATER IS ESSENTIAL IN OUR LIFE, AND IF YOU LOOK AT WATER IN THE WORD OF GOD, IT IS EVERYWHERE.

THEN GOD SAID, “LET THE WATER UNDER THE SKY BE GATHERED INTO ONE PLACE, AND LET THE DRY LAND APPEAR”, AND IT WAS SO. GOD CALLED THE DRY LAND EARTH, AND THE GATHERING OF WATERS HE CALLED SEAS. AND GOD SAW THAT IT WAS GOOD. Genesis 1:9-10

WHEN WE WALK THROUGH THE MANY TIMES THAT GOD SPOKE ABOUT, USED, AND PERFORMED MIRACLES AROUND WATER, IT IS TRULY ASTOUNDING. GOD USED WATER IN THE GREAT FLOOD TO CLEANSE THE EARTH IN THE TIMES OF NOAH. AT A WEDDING IN CANA, JESUS HAD CONTAINERS FILLED WITH WATER, AND MIRACULOUSLY TURNED THE WATER INTO WINE. ON A BOAT IN THE SEA OF GALILEE, HIS DISCIPLES WITNESSED JESUS CALM A STORM AS HE WALKED ON THE WATER. THE PROPHETS CONTINUALLY USED WATER AS A BLESSING…..WATER IS EVERYWHERE. WATER IS LIFE.

FOR I WILL POUR WATER ON THE THIRSTY LAND, AND STREAMS ON THE DRY GROUND; I WILL POUR OUT MY SPIRIT ON YOUR OFFSPRING, AND MY BLESSING ON YOUR DESCENDANTS. Isaiah 44:3

JESUS ANSWERED, “VERY TRULY I TELL YOU, NO ONE CAN ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD UNLESS THEY ARE BORN OF WATER AND THE SPIRIT. John 3:5

I HAVE SPENT THE LAST FEW DAYS IN MEXICO, AND A GREAT DEAL OF IT WAS SPENT ON THE WATER IN THE SEA OF CORTEZ. NOT FAR FROM THE BUSY PACE OF CABO SAN LUCAS, THERE IS A SMALL VILLAGE CALLED BUENA VISTA, AND JUST DOWN THE COAST, A PLACE WHERE MY HEART IS FILLED WITH JOY. A SLEEPY LITTLE HOTEL ON THE OCEAN CALLED RANCHO LEONERO. THE PEOPLE WHO WORK THERE HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART. THEY ARE REAL, AND FRIENDLY, AND GENUINE ABOUT THEIR LIVES. NO PLACE FOR TRYING TO BE WHO YOU ARE NOT. JOYFUL IN WHAT THEY HAVE, AND GRATEFUL FOR THEIR FRIENDSHIPS. IT IS SO GOOD FOR MY SOUL !

I GET OUT ON THE OCEAN WITH MY WIFE, AND WE FISH. MARLIN, DORADO, ROOSTER-FISH, POMPANO, SKIPJACK, YELLOWFIN TUNA, JACKS, MACKEREL…SO MANY FISH….. AND I WATCH JULIE REEL IN A 90 POUND MARLIN. FLYING IN THE AIR AS SHE MATCHES THE FISH IN POWER AND DESIRE TO MEET, OR ESCAPE. EVENTUALLY, JULIE REELS IN THE FISH, TOUCHES IT, AND SENDS IT ON IT’S WAY, BACK INTO THE DEEP BLUE WATER WHERE IT LIVES AND THRIVES. I TOO AM LUCKY ENOUGH TO CATCH A MARLIN. MINE IS ON A FLYROD, AND ONE OF MY BUCKET-LIST OF DREAMS IS NOW CHECKED OFF. WATER SPRAYS US AS WE HEAD FOR HOME, SHARING THE MOMENT WITH MY FRIEND JEFF, WHO OWNS “THE REEL BAJA” FISHING SERVICE, AND HECTOR OUR BOAT CAPTAIN, WHO I HAVE BECOME GOOD FRIENDS WITH AFTER YEARS OF WATCHING HIM EXCEL IN HIS CRAFT, AND KNOW HIM AS A MAN, HUSBAND, AND A GREAT DAD TO HIS KIDS. I LOOK AROUND AND UP. GOD IS EVERYWHERE. GOD IS SO GOOD, AND HE LOVES US SO MUCH. I SAVOR THE TIME TO TALK TO HIM AS I FISH…..

EVERY YEAR, IT SEEMS WE MEET SOME INCREDIBLE PEOPLE. THIS YEAR WAS SPECIAL. OUR FIRST NIGHT, WE HAD DINNER WITH A COUPLE THAT WE NOW CALL GOOD FRIENDS. QUENTON AND CATHY ARE AWESOME PEOPLE FROM COLORADO, AND WE BONDED. QUENTON WALKS WITH A CANE, AND HE SUFFERS FROM MANY BROKEN AND FUSED BONES. HE ALSO HAS PARKINSON’S DISEASE, AND USES DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION TO CONTROL THE EFFECT IT HAS ON HIS BODY. HARD LIFE. BIG CHALLENGES. AND CATHY IS HIS ROCK. UNENDING LOVE AND SUPPORT. SHE IS BESIDE HIM EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, EVERY DAY. WHAT AN INSPIRATION. WANT TO KNOW THE BEST PART ? THEY KNOW GOD. IN FACT, GOD HAS SPOKEN TO THEM THROUGH THE WATER. THEY HAVE HEARD HIS VOICE IN THE RIVERS, STREAMS AND OCEANS THEY HAVE FISHED. HE IS THEIR ROCK AND THEIR STRENGTH AND THEIR HOPE. HALLELUJAH !

YOU SEE, GOD MADE THE WATER, AND HE USES IT TO GET CLOSE TO US. HE USES IT TO PURIFY US, AND HE USES IT TO BE REBORN. BAPTISM INTO HIS KINGDOM. WHEN YOU GIVE UP YOUR LIFE TO HIM, HE ASKS YOU TO PROCLAIM HIM. I HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED TWICE AS AN ADULT. ONCE IN A COLD RIVER IN COLORADO BY MY BROTHER LUKE HECKER, AND ONCE IN ISRAEL BY MY BROTHERS MICHAEL AND RUSS. IT IS INCREDIBLE. JESUS WAS THERE TOO. PUSHING ME UNDER, LEAVING MY OLD SELF BEHIND, AND COMING UP INTO A NEW LIFE. LAUGHING WITH JOY AS MY LORD HELD ME, STANDING RIGHT BESIDE ME.

FIND THE JOY OF THE WATER OF GOD. WALK IN IT, SWIM IN IT, LIVE IN IT. HE WANTS YOU TO UNDERSTAND. THE WATER IS WHERE WE WILL TRULY FISH, BUT WE ARE FISHING FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT JOIN US IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD. ARISE AND BE BOLD. SHARE THE WORD, MAKE DISCIPLES AND BE READY. WALK WITH GOD, AND FIND YOUR IDENTITY, AND YOUR PURPOSE. DRINK DEEP FROM HIS LOVE FOR YOU, AND BE ALL HE WANTS YOU TO BE !! SHALOM AND PEACE. QUENCH YOUR THIRST IN HIM. JA

HE REACHED DOWN FROM ON HIGH AND TOOK HOLD OF ME OUT OF DEEP WATERS. 2 Samuel 22:17