How deep are you willing to go with God? Ankle deep, knee deep, waist deep or
over your head? There are several references in the Bible about rivers and their
spiritual significance in both the Old and New Testament. In this case the
reference signifies the flow of God’s Spirit taking us deeper and deeper until He
has full control of our lives.
Water is generally a type of the Spirit of God in the Bible, whether it in reference
to the well of living water in John 4 or rivers of living water in John 7. In Ezekiel’s
vision we see a river flowing out of the Temple of God, which Jesus addressed in
the Gospel of John as rivers of living water that would flow out of us. "...so
everything will live where the river goes.” Ezekiel 47:9 ESV.
