Summary: - 2 Chr. 8:16, Ps. 37:23-24 - no matter your past, there's alwyas a next step- every race has a next step, each athlete took steps just to gewt to the olympics. - Ezekial 47: 1-9 (MSG) - wherever you are in your walk with God, there is always a next step - observations: 1. ankle deep - not a huge commitment, starts shallow, purposes aren't even revealed until you move deeper 2. knee deep - transitional phase, start making a total commitment 3. waist deep - volunteer, faithful tigher - Acts 16:1-3 - Timothy getting circumsized is a commitment - no turning back - John 3:30 - we decrease, God increases 4. total immersion in God - where you're trusting AGod to take you where He wants you to go 4 steps: Salvation (2 Tim. 3:14-15) Trust (Prov. 3:5) Expectation (Matt. 24:34) raise your level of expe3ctation, expect your destiny to be fulfilled Pursue (Matt. 6:33, Ps. 55:16-17) - don't let your past paralyze your present and don't let your present dictate your future - stop hiding behind someon else's salvation
