I believe that when a person has truly experienced God for all that He is, His greatness, His love, His mercy, His entire being, that person can never forget. There is just something so amazing about the character of God that leaves you in a desperate state for more of Him. It leaves us longing to go deeper than ever before with Him.

Have you ever prayed for God to take you deeper? Deeper into Him to where you were completely enveloped in all of who He is?

I believe that’s a big prayer to pray, one that many of us have prayed and will pray many times in our walk with God. We are constantly experiencing new heights in our relationship with God. We are constantly being shown more and more of who He is. We will always be experiencing more. We will always have the opportunity to go deeper. But sometimes going deeper is a big step to make. I believe it’s such a big and bold prayer to pray, and some of us don’t even know just how big that prayer is. I believe it’s such a big prayer because we won’t always go deeper on our own.

Inevitably it is God who leads us deeper into relationship and knowledge of Him. Sometimes for us to go deeper than ever before in discovering who God is, we have to go where we wouldn’t choose to go on our own. God leads us through different seasons with the purpose of each season to take us deeper with Him. Some seasons excite us and draw us in themselves. Some seasons we dread and wish to avoid at all costs. Some seasons we’re afraid of because there is so much unknown. But every season has the purpose of taking us deeper than before.

See, we prayed that prayer, that very big prayer. That very big prayer is a very bold prayer because we can’t be completely sure what we are asking. There is a process of going deeper with God – every new season of life leads us deeper than the previous season. Sometimes our faith is challenged. Sometimes our heart is tested. Sometimes our character is molded. But every time we can go deeper with God than ever before.

I challenge you to pray that very big, very bold, prayer. Pray that God would take you deeper than ever before. Even if God leads you somewhere you would never choose to go on your own, embrace Him and every season. Remember, every season takes you deeper. There is so much more of God to be discovered. So much more that God wants to do in you and through you. There is nothing greater than going deeper than ever before with your heavenly Father.