"Complete Submersion"

"They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together." (Psalms 88:17)
We really cannot hold a candle to that, if you know what I mean. What little light we might have to offer, is absolutely and completely diminished in the light of Jesus Christ and what He accomplished on that cross. Like Jacob, we need only catch hold of His heel, if you will, and ride like the wind to glory! Matthew Henry says that this Psalm does not end with a conclusion, as most Psalms do, but that it just goes on and on in grief to the very end. This is oh so true in the light of this life here on earth, especially in the perspective of an observer, one who tries to figure out an end to a life. But that's not who we are, we don't think of things in the present life, not the things that matter. I caught part of a message yesterday that might put this in better perspective; I can't remember who it was, but it was about John the Baptist and his question about Jesus being the one, or should we be looking for another. John's question was based upon the presumption that the Messiah would be establishing His Kingdom on this earth, at His coming; which was absolutely the case, but His Kingdom was really not of this earth; what He came to do, allowed those who lived on this earth to enter in His Kingdom. That's a far better establishment, because anyone who looks for something to be done here, does not look for the real Kingdom. Not that John was focused on this earth to be of much importance, he was more focused upon his own situation and whether or not he was ever getting out of prison. I doubt that Jesus did not know what was going to happen to His cousin; and based upon His answer, He was sure that he just needed to be reassured. By the way, did you get the way that He answered? All of His examples were all things pertaining to this life: "the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached." Nothing in that list of signs and wonders is going to deliver anyone from death, except maybe the preaching of the gospel, and even then, it's up to the person who hears it to make a choice. Even Lazarus had to die again in order to be resurrected up into heaven; and anyone who was healed still had to look forward to dying. No matter how perfect you might think that this life is, it's really not! But this life cannot hold a candle to that which is to come...
"After they had nailed him to the cross, the soldiers gambled for his clothes by throwing dice. Then they sat around and kept guard as he hung there. A sign was fastened above Jesus' head, announcing the charge against him. It read: "This is Jesus, the King of the Jews." Two revolutionaries were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left. The people passing by shouted abuse, shaking their heads in mockery. "Look at you now!" they yelled at him. "You said you were going to destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days. Well then, if you are the Son of God, save yourself and come down from the cross." The leading priests, the teachers of religious law, and the elders also mocked Jesus. "He saved others," they scoffed, "but he can't save himself! So he is the King of Israel, is he? Let him come down from the cross right now, and we will believe in him! He trusted God, so let God rescue him now if he wants him! For he said, 'I am the Son of God.'" Even the revolutionaries who were crucified with him ridiculed him in the same way." (Matthew 27:35-44) NLT