The Most Popular Word In The Bible And The Lesson To Learn From It
Throughout the bible, water appears as a metaphor for God’s divine will. Water has continuously guided us towards liberation. To appreciate water is to know God. God’s divine waters live in all of us.
One word is mentioned in the bible more than faith, hope, prayer, or worship. That word is water.
Water is used throughout the bible as a metaphor to describe God’s love, creativity, wrath, cleansing, and liberation.
In Exodus, God instructs Moses to part the Red Sea so the Israelites can flee from their oppressors. Here water becomes a protective symbol of God’s deliverance, transporting an oppressed people to a promised land.
Being delivered to the “promised land” is a narrative our enslaved ancestors could relate to, but water as a source of spiritual liberation wasn’t a new concept for them. Before colonization and enslavement, numerous African diasporic spiritual practices used water and water deities.
Since water is mentioned in the bible roughly 700 times, to appreciate water is to know God.
In his poem “The Negro Speaks of Rivers,” Langston Hughes draws a connection between Blackness and water, using water to map Black history from the beginning of time to the present. If we understand water as being divine, Hughes’ poem implies that we have always known God.
To know water is to know God. God’s waters live within each of us, flowing through our efforts for liberation.
We have a quick favor to ask...
We hope you're enjoying PushBlack Spirit! Spreading the truth about Black spiritual practices and history is just as important to you as it is to us.
And as a small non-profit, we need your support to keep spreading these important stories.
With as little as $5 a month, you will support our tech and writing costs, so we can reach even more people like you. It only takes a minue, so will you please donate now?