"How Deep"

"Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains." (Psalms 104:6)
As I was praying this morning, I was reminded how nothing is impossible for God; God can do all things, there is nothing that is too difficult for God to do, absolutely nothing! We had a pretty good message yesterday; I have not seen Pastor Bryan so fired up in quite some time. The message was about "The Pursuit of Abba Knows Best." Basically, the bottom line was the four things that David needed to do to get out of the darkness; four things which he needed to do, three that lead up to the forth, but if he did not do the forth, then the first three really did not count. It was based upon the portion of Scripture in 1 Samuel 30:1-10, yet the darkness began in 1 Samuel 27:1; that is where David bought into the lie within his own heart, "I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul." Have you ever been there? You know that God has a plan for your life, it has been spoken to your more than once; you might have even already received the anointing to be that which God has called you to be. But then there is opposition and maybe even a little persecution, and you believe in your heart that it's all over; whatever it was God had called you into, that door has closed and now you are shut out. David chose to go and live among the enemies of Israel, because the current leader of Israel was after his life. David forgot one very important thing, Saul was not the real leader of Israel, the real leader of Israel was God! The four things that David needed to do, were, first off to encourage himself in the Lord his God. This is where you stop thinking about that which is against you, no matter how many different directions, and you remember Who it is that is for you! The second thing that he did, was to desire fellowship with God; now that you know Who is for you, you need to draw closer and closer, to Him, and to all that know Him. The third thing that he did, was to inquire of the Lord; what is fellowship if there isn't any trust, if there isn't any discussion, if we do not make our request be known. After all, He is God, we can do nothing, He can do anything! The forth thing David did, was that he pursued! He asked God what he should do, God said, "Do it!", and David did! Whether or not that has anything to do with anything, it seems to fit into the conversation...
"Most importantly, I want to remind you that in the last days scoffers will come, mocking the truth and following their own desires. They will say, "What happened to the promise that Jesus is coming again? From before the times of our ancestors, everything has remained the same since the world was first created." They deliberately forget that God made the heavens by the word of his command, and he brought the earth out from the water and surrounded it with water. Then he used the water to destroy the ancient world with a mighty flood. And by the same word, the present heavens and earth have been stored up for fire. They are being kept for the day of judgment, when ungodly people will be destroyed." (2 Peter 3:3-7) NLT