The Upwelling: Deep Calls to Deep

What if the wind I thought was against me…is the very thing God is using to draw the deep out of me?

Lately, the wind has felt strong. Not the kind you see coming, but the kind you feel when everything seems unsettled at once. And somewhere in the middle of it…I read about something in the ocean called upwelling. Understanding it brought an indescribable calm within me.


When wind blows across the ocean’s surface, it doesn’t just create waves. It moves water. The surface is pushed aside, and in its place, deeper water rises.

Cold.
Nutrient-rich.
Life-giving.

These deep waters carry what the surface has been lacking—formed over time, hidden far beneath what can be seen. What looks like disruption on the surface is actually the beginning of life beneath it.

And I’m starting to see…

the wind is not an interruption—
it is an invitation.

“Deep calls to deep…” — Psalm 42:7

There’s a spiritual upwelling that only happens when the wind begins to blow.

And maybe what’s being brought up isn’t just strength or endurance…Maybe it’s something deeper.

Something God placed within me (and you) long before this season—
an anointing that wouldn’t be formed in comfort,
but would only be revealed when the deep is stirred.

The wind didn’t create what was in the deep…it revealed it.

The winds of life aren’t just testing me—
they’re triggering an upwelling within me.

A spiritual upwelling:

  • faith I didn’t know I had
  • strength I didn’t realize was there
  • dependence on God I may have never experienced in calmer seasons
  • an anointing that is only cultivated by the wind of the Spirit

Because if I’m honest…without the wind, I might never go that deep. I’m realizing there are things God has placed deep within me that calm seasons would never call forth.

It takes pressure.
It takes movement.
It takes the wind.

It takes upwelling.

I keep thinking about the moment the disciples were out on the water. Scripture says they were “beaten and tossed by the waves, for the wind was against them.” Another account describes them as troubled… even tormented… by the wind.

That word tormented stays.

Because that’s what it can feel like sometimes.

Not just inconvenient…
not just uncomfortable…

but relentless.

And yet, that’s the very place Jesus came to them. Not after the wind died down. Not once everything made sense. But right there—in the middle of it.

And Peter…he stepped out.

But what gets me is this:

Scripture says he began to sink when he perceived the wind. Not when the wind started—it was already there. But when he focused on it.

And if I’m honest, I feel that.

Because I can be walking in faith one moment—steady, focused, trusting…and then I notice the wind.

I feel it.
I measure it.
I start to weigh what I’m up against.

And suddenly…I’m not looking at Jesus the same way.

But the wind isn’t just something I’m meant to endure. It’s doing something deeper.

In the moments where I feel tossed…
or troubled…
or overwhelmed…

there is still an upwelling taking place within me.

The very thing I perceive as resistance may actually be what God is using to draw something deeper to the surface. The wind may be against me…but it’s not working against what God is doing within me.

In the ocean, upwelling produces life—fueling entire ecosystems. And I believe that what’s being brought up in me now is not just for me.

A spiritual upwelling produces:

  • depth that can’t be shaken
  • faith that isn’t surface-level
  • strength that will one day sustain others
  • an anointing cultivated in the deep—refined through pressure

What rises in me now may be what God uses to feed someone else later.

So if the wind feels strong…
if life feels stirred…
if everything feels unsettled…

Let us learn to not panic. Because there’s an upwelling taking place within.

What feels like disruption may be God drawing something deeper to the surface—
faith, strength, dependence, trust, anointing. 

The wind didn’t come to destroy.

It came to reveal.

Even when the wind is still blowing, even when the waves are still rising— 

I don’t want to stay in the boat. I want to step out.

Because that’s where faith comes alive.

I want to meet Jesus.

I want to walk on the water.

🌊 Go Be Salty™

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