We use the iceberg because it is a perfect illustration of the way we learn to live life.

The tip of the iceberg represents the way we live when appearance and performance are the focus. Most of us are raised with this emphasis.

To live at the tip of the iceberg often feels easier since we usually know what people expect from us at this level. Yet, in the long run, it leaves us as shallow, superficial people since Scripture tells us that we were created for more than this.

In fact, the Lord reveals that His focus is on the personal part, that which dwells at the bottom of the iceberg. Thus, the biblical warning regarding life as an iceberg.

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