God in His mercy gave a young person a vision of the ocean of knowledge of Jesus Christ. God takes a young person to a shore of a beach. The water was clear and had a saffron hue. It smelled sweetly like roses. The beach was a part of the ocean known as knowledge of Jesus Christ. This ocean is a huge body of water whose edge stretches to farther horizons. The young person entered the water at the beach. The water was knee deep and the waves were approaching as he entered. When he got in the water, his legs started to lose strength and became numb.
He felt some irritation on his legs from the prickly nature of the water. The impurities in the flesh and soul were being eaten by the water. All unholy behaviours, actions, and indwelling sins were being eaten by the water. The young person recognized that the self inside of him was pushing him back to the shore. Continual waves were pushing him into the deep water. The young person’s body went numb when the water touched him. His hands and legs were immobile and were pulled into this ocean of Knowledge of Jesus Christ.
All of his dreams, objectives, visions, and plans were erased by these waves. For long time, he was entirely paralyzed. He was gently sucked into this ocean and felt lost. The person was still alive, but he lacked the strength and courage to face the water. He started moving along with the water. The young man was entirely buried and submerged in the deep ocean after being pushed into it by the waves. He thought his life was finished but later he realized that his thoughts, plans, desires are replaced the water’s nature. The water is filled with the richness of God’s attributes and this water permeated the young person’s soul. The young man’s body began functioning differently, and his eyes saw differently.
Then he realized that he has transitioned from human life to God’s life when he was pulled by the waves of God into the ocean of Knowledge of Christ.
Waves of God – is the Holy Spirit
Water – The knowledge of Christ eats/destroys all impurities like sinful behaviour and sin, in both the soul and flesh.
Holy Spirit makes our lives adjust to the ocean of Knowledge of Christ.
In the ocean deep, the young person became a living spirit and started traveling through the ocean depths to search for the deeper knowledge of Christ.
The young man stepped into the water, but as soon as he did, the waves and water dragged him into the ocean.
The first stage is for us to enter the ocean of Knowledge of Christ; the Holy Spirit and Knowledge of Jesus will then take care of the next steps.
There is no going back to the shore once we enter this ocean of Knowledge of Christ. The Holy Spirit and the Knowledge of Christ take control of our lives and deeply drag us into this ocean till we are completely submerged.
Many saints were pulled into this ocean of Knowledge of Christ. Moses entered this ocean. He travelled for 30 years in this ocean before continuing in heaven. Reformers like Calvin entered this ocean, bringing glorious truths about God and Jesus Christ. Today do you have a desire to enter this ocean where we find abundant riches about Christ and share them with others? Ask God to pull you into this ocean of Knowledge of Christ.
The oceans in heaven are numerous. For example, the ocean of God’s mercy and love, the ocean of miracles and healing, etc.
Ocean of God’s love is also like ocean of Knowledge of Christ. The water is extremely clear and poisonous (to self). This water is lethal to our selfish qualities, such as pride, ego, and self-love. All the self-attributes are choked to death by this water. In this river, we initially perceive a reflection of our lives. Once we enter, the waves automatically pull you into the deep water.
We are pulled into the deep water where we see Jesus’ infinite love. This water infuses the freshness of Jesus himself into our lives. We are filled with Jesus as we are submerged in this ocean. Our lives become an abode for Jesus, and we become an abode for Jesus. There is a divine union of man and Jesus in this ocean. Jesus lives in this place of love. Love is a dwelling place of Jesus.
Ocean of healing and miracles – We enter this ocean to draw some water and distribute it to others. We are not drawn into this water rather we draw water from this ocean to help the needful. Instead of being dragged into this ocean, we draw water from this ocean to aid others in need.