Swimming Lessons

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Swimming Lessons

I am a swimming instructor, and I give swimming lessons in God's ocean of love. Zig Ziglar said, "People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care." Zig was talking about love. When you love people, they instantly recognize it. No explanation required. Love is so important that Jesus said you could recognize his disciples by their love. It's the hallmark that identifies them as children of God. It's their way of life. I can think of no higher calling than being a swimming instructor in God's ocean of love.

Now it's time to get your first swimming lesson. I hope you dive in and have a great swim.

Take a lesson from the smart fish.

Once there was a smart fish who taught himself to read.

Finding reading material wasn't difficult because the oceans had become the trash bins for the world. Millions of people loaded their rubbish on giant barges and sent it far out to sea where they dumped it. Although this wasn't good for the oceans, it provided the brilliant fish with a never-ending supply of reading material.

One day the fish read an article that said all life was dependent on water. It pointed out that many places on the planet could no longer sustain life because of insufficient water.

The highly intelligent fish decided if water was so important and his survival depended on it, he must find some water for himself.

He gave up reading and spent the rest of his days swimming in the oceans relentlessly searching for water. Water became his holy grail.

The fish eventually died without discovering he had been swimming in an ocean of water every day of his life.

This fish is like billions of people who swim in God's ocean of love without realizing it's there. Although it sustains them, supports them, and keeps them alive, they can't see it or feel it because they never learned to focus on it.

God's love is an eternal fact that sustains the world. No matter what you do, you cannot escape it. You can ignore it or reject it, but it will not go away.

God's love surrounds and envelops you. It continually reminds you that you can be one of his children. For your entire life, you will either sink or swim in God's ocean of love.

When you jump into God's ocean of love, your life is never the same.

You are born spiritually and become a new person. Old things pass away and all things become new.

You look at the world through new eyes and listen with new ears. You think new thoughts, take new actions, and have a new life.

God's love changes the way you think and feel. It washes the toxic waste out of your mind and gives you a clean mind and a pure heart. Your old way of thinking and feeling is gone.

Your mistakes and failures are cast into his ocean of love. For the first time in your life you dare to call God your Father and live as one of his children.

God's love heals your damaged emotions, and your negative feelings and guilt are washed away in a tidal wave of love.

Each day you must jump into God's ocean of love and have a life transforming experience. Dabbling in it will never do. This is a total immersion experience. This isn't something you do just once and the positive effects last for a lifetime. You do it every day for the rest of your life. For as long as you live, you max out on God's love.

Don't be like the smart fish looking for water that surrounds him on all sides. Don't swim in God's ocean of love without realizing that it's there.

If you are looking for love, look no further. For your entire life you have been immersed in God's ocean of love. Stop looking for what is already there.

Wake up and live. It's time to go for a swim. It's time to max out on God's love.

For more swimming lessons in God's ocean of love, read Dr. Dave's book, Real Power: Maxing Out On God's Love.