DIVING BOARDS SHOW US OUR NEED TO GO DEEPER

Have you ever watched the swimming competion on television or attended a swim meet?   Every professional pool I've ever seen has a diving board. 

If you want to go deeper, there is certain equipment that you are going to need.  A spring board enables you to rise higher and then plunge into deeper depths.  Do you ever feel the need to rise above your problems?  Now, you have that opportunity! So what's holding you back?  Let's dive in and explore the treasures from beneath. 

Hope can be a spring board.  I have found this to be true in my own life.  If there is no hope, I will not desire to dive in.  If my future looks bleak, with no excitement, I'm not as likely to use this springboard to help me plunge deeper.  It can be right in front of me but if I don't use it, it will never change my view.

Once the springboard of hope is put to use, you will rise above your problems and be on your way to diving into the truth.  When you enter these waters, life will begin to take on a new dimension.  Diving into the truth will help you reach the Father's heart, and see the depths of his wondrous power in your life.

Read Psalm chapter 146 and 147 for the full understanding of what hope in the Lord can do in the lives of those that choose to use this springboard.

Psalm 146:5-10

Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help,
whose hope is in the LORD his God:
which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is:
which keepeth truth for ever:
Which executeth judgment for the oppressed:
which giveth food to the hungry.
The LORD looseth the prisoners:
The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD
raiseth them that are bowed down:
the LORD loveth the righteous:
The LORD preserveth the strangers;
he relieveth the fatherless and widow:
but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
The LORD shall reign for ever,
even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations.
Praise ye the LORD.