Profundity is defined by dictionary.com as "the quality or state of being profound; depth." I have often wished for profundity; I find myself desperately desiring to be deep and profound in the things I have to say when it comes to sharing my faith, or talking about the Word. Looking at this today, I think it's really, really prideful and wrong; not because being deep is a bad thing, but because I want to be deep so that people will hear me speak and think greater of me. This cannot be. I am called to carry the name of Christ and to make it famous, not to make my own name famous or popular. I am merely a tool of God. Isaiah 43:1-4 is the most incredible, profound thing I have ever read-because the Creator of existence said it to me, and He meant every word of it.
"(1) But now thus says the Lord, He Who created you, O Jacob, He Who formed you, O Israel: 'Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are Mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you. Because you are precious in My eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life.
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