Immersion

Then he brought me back to the door of the house; and behold, water was flowing from under the threshold of the house toward the east, for the house faced east. And the water was flowing down from under, from the right side of the house, from south of the altar.
2 He brought me out by way of the north gate and led me around on the outside to the outer gate by way of the gate that faces east. And behold, water was trickling from the south side.
3 When the man went out toward the east with a line in his hand, he measured a thousand cubits, and he led me through the water, water reaching the ankles.
4 Again he measured a thousand and led me through the water, water reaching the knees. Again he measured a thousand and led me through the water, water reaching the loins.
5 Again he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not ford, for the water had risen, enough water to swim in, a river that could not be forded.
6 He said to me, "Son of man, have you seen this?" Then he brought me back to the bank of the river.
7 Now when I had returned, behold, on the bank of the river there were very many trees on the one side and on the other.
8 Then he said to me, "These waters go out toward the eastern region and go down into the Arabah; then they go toward the sea, being made to flow into the sea, and the waters of the sea become fresh.
9 "It will come about that every living creature which swarms in every place where the river goes, will live. And there will be very many fish, for these waters go there and the others become fresh; so everything will live where the river goes.
10 "And it will come about that fishermen will stand beside it; from Engedi to Eneglaim there will be a place for the spreading of nets. Their fish will be according to their kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea, very many.
11 "But its swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt.
12 "By the river on its bank, on one side and on the other, will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither and their fruit will not fail. They will bear every month because their water flows from the sanctuary, and their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing."
Ezek 47:1-12


"On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”[c] 39 By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive."
John 7: 37-39a

"As the deer pants for water so my soul pants for you, oh God."
Psalm 42:1

I want to be immersed in the river at all times! When I'm surrendered, obedient, and focused, I am surrounded, and bathed in the living waters, like an unborn infant is surrounded in amniotic fluid. Just as the Lord allowed Moses to draw water from a rock, Jesus Himself, the Rock of Ages, is our fountainhead. Nourished and fueled by these living waters there is healing, fruitfulness, protection, wisdom, peace, joy, washing away the filth and grime accumulated.
I find when I follow His narrow way, the path of holiness, it leads me to the river, taking me deeper as I go forward, but to backslide is to back up, withdrawing myself from the river, and quickly finding myself in an arid spiritual desert, just as the Israelites found themselves coming through the Red Sea, but spending the next 40 years going around in circles in disobedience to complete what should've been a two week trip.
Beloved, today, go to the Rock that is higher than we are. Immerse yourself in all that He is,
Let His living water billow over you today.