Eric's thoughts

“Deep…Man, that’s deep…I just want to go deeper.” These are things we often say or hear, but what does that mean? What does it mean to go deeper?

Many people want a deeper relationship with God. I mean, I do, I think I do anyway, but what does that mean? Many people would say it’s deep to know more about God or to know a lot about the Bible. Some would say it’s the dissecting of each word in scripture. Others would say it’s in the application.

Many say a deep realationship is found by picking up your Bible and reading it. Others say praising him through out the day, or listening to “Christian” music. Still others would say through prayer. Some say the answer lies in understanding and enjoying God’s creation. Some would even say it is a combination of all those things.

I've even heard a lot of people say they go deepest with God on retreats or summer camp. I guess God must like summer camp more than church services.

In fact, I have given a few messages and heard more in which people criticize the speaker for the teaching not going deep enough. Whereas others that listen to the message say how deep the same, exact teaching was. People even leave one congregation for another because what is taught is not deep enough, while others stick around because the teaching is so deep. HUH? Which leads me to ask, is listening to a deep sermon, well…deep?

I have heard many differing opinions on what a deep relationship with God looks like, yet we are left confused as to what it actually means to have a deep relationship with him. Maybe this question is too deep? Not deep enough? I don’t know…somebody help! What is deep and how do we get there?