Dig Deep

Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like: He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. (Luke 6:47-48)

Jesus introduced us to a man who did something most people skip. He dug deep. He did not just lay a foundation on whatever ground was available. He went down. He put in the time and effort to reach bedrock before he started building. And when everything came against that house, when the flood arose and the stream beat violently upon it, it could not be shaken because the foundation was deep.

If you really want to get the treasure God desires for you to have, you cannot pan for it in the river. Panning is surface work. It gets you something, but not much. To find the real wealth, you must dig. And that digging, when it comes to the Word of God, requires something most people are not willing to give in an age when everything moves quickly, and everybody is in a hurry. It requires time and meditation. It is not just reading a verse for the day and moving on, but rather sitting with Scripture until it opens, until it speaks to your specific situation, until it gets down into your spirit and becomes part of how you see everything.

There is a difference between accessing a Bible program and digging deep. There is nothing wrong with good tools for engaging with Scripture; they can serve as a starting point. But that is a starting point, not a destination. Digging deep means you get out the Scripture, set aside real time, and meditate. You think about the verse or passage repeatedly. You ask yourself: How does this affect what I say? How does this affect what I do? How does this change how I see the situation I am walking through?

Practical Application

The reason the foundation held against the flood was that the man dug deep and built something that went all the way down to something unmovable. Floods will come for everyone. The question is not whether the pressure will come; it is whether your foundation will continue to hold when the floods rise. Take the time to dig deep while the ground is stable. Invest in the depth of God’s Word before the flood comes.

Isaiah 33:6; Psalm 18:2