A river that I could not pass through and not be crossed

Ezekiel 47:5, “Then He measure a thousand cubits, and it was river that I could not pass through; for the water had risen, enough water to swim in, a river that could not be crossed."

When the Lord measures us, He starts from the inside and works to the outside step by step. Once a person is measured by God, his feet will not be free to walk about at will. Being measure is the secret to having the outflow of the water of life. While we are in communion with God, He will measure us.

The more we are measured by God, the more we will find that it is inconvenient for us to engage in our own activities. We will lose almost all of our own actives; we will be enlightened, judged and measured by the presence of God; God will take hold of us to such a degree that we will be bound by life. We are immersed more deeply into God’s life, and God has gained more of our inward being. Eventually, we are fully carried along by the flow of the water of life and we are lost in God.

How can we be sanctified and genuinely consecrated ourselves to the Lord? We are not only having a heart for God and a heart to offer up everything to Him, we have to be enlightened, judged, measured and sanctified before there can be real service.

Let’s be measured by God again and again so that His life will flow out as a river of living water, going deeper and farther as it flows. O Lord, thank You for You are the flow! Grant us the deeper the flow of grace in us, that we may abandon more our self-effort, forsake our own direction and allow the flow to carry us on. We just want to swim in You!

Hymn -> You fill me Lord Jesus

Source: http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/ns/317#ixzz1hYtYqd14

You fill me Lord Jesus
You enlighten my darkness;
Your life brings me freedom
Your love heals my pain
Your dream is my treasure;
Your majesty awes me
You've filled me Lord Jesus
Come fill me again.

Let Your north wind blow on me,
Let Your Spirit surround me
'Til my being is open, trusting You once again.
Then burn and consume me
With Your jealous God's fire
'Til me being is obedient,
'Til my soul You have gained.

I will turn my heart to You;
Seal and pledge Yourself in me.
Mingle with me completely
Like the fire in the flame;
Til my being is glowing;
Your workmanship showing;
I will turn my heart to You
Again and again.

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Scriptural base & additional references

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1)        Ezekiel 47:5 (ref: http://online.recoveryversion.org/BibleChapters.asp?fcid=1109&lcid=1109)

Then He measured a thousand cubits, and it was a river that I could not pass through; for the water had risen, enough water to swim in, a river that could not be crossed.

2)        The Collected Works of Watchman Nee, vol.38, “Measure and Flow” (ref: http://www.ministrybooks.org/books.cfm?id=%23%2E%40%27-%0A)