Love is to God Like Water is to an Ocean

The other morning in my quiet time, I asked God to reveal Himself to me in a new way.  I read His Word and He's definitely revealed to me through that, but I wanted and needed a fresh revelation about Him that particular day.  Eager to answer a prayer such as that, He said this to me in my Spirit. . .

"Dawn, imagine the ocean . . .vast . . .never-ending to your eye . . .deep and wide like none other....

Water makes an ocean an ocean....water IS the ocean. . . if you jump into the ocean, you can't help but get covered up by the water...it surrounds you, 

engulfs you.....

Love is to Me, like water is to the ocean....I AM Love . . .My love engulfs you, surrounds you as you jump into Me . . .you can't help but be consumed by my love because I AM love."

For days, I have thought about that word picture and revelation from God over and over.  After spending four days at a Lake, surrounded by a body of water, I kept thinking about what God said. . .Love is to Him like water is to an ocean....

Be consumed and swallowed up by His never-ending love for you.  Jump in!  He's waiting for you.

"Because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions-it is by grace you have been saved."

Ephesians 2:4-5 NIV