Why Are You Fearful?

Mark 4:35 – 41  “…Let’s cross over to the other side of the lake.”

There are no coincidental words of Jesus!  In these few verses are a picture of the entire cosmic conflict. 

We know that God “knew” us before we were born, and the person of Christ was “with God and was God” before we were born.  We can use our holy imagination to see something special in these verses. 

The lake represents our experience on earth…in Earth School.  In the beginning, we were on one side of the lake “with” God.  At some point, His energetic knowing of us took form in a baby.  We stepped into the boat for a journey on the lake of Earth School.

The lake, like Earth School, is subject to all that comes under the Genesis contract when we decided to be “as gods knowing good and evil.”  I wish we had not gone there.  I’m tired of experiencing the evil.  I’m sure that you are, too.

The beautiful part of all this is that God stepped in the boat with us.  Interesting, isn’t it?  He goes to sleep.  Do you ever feel like God Is taking a nap during your Earth School journey on the lake? 

Here is a beautiful promise.  If God is in the boat with us, that is the reality of our journey.  The storm is an illusion.  It is the “roaring lion seeking whom he may devour.”  Truth:  That lion is defeated.  Our fears surface when we forget that the Commander of Heaven and Earth is in the boat.  It may look like He is asleep, but His divinity never slumbers nor sleeps. 

His question to the disciples: “Why are you fearful?  Do you still have no faith?”  The word “still” is so important!  It is like He is reminding us that He came all the way from Heaven to be God “with us.”  The disciples question, “Who then is this?”  tells us that they did not recognize Him as God in their midst.  Neither do we.

We often believe that if God is in our midst, we shall have no storms.  That isn’t Biblically correct and this story is just one place that tells us the truth about our journey on the lake.

This story gives us some more good news.  Jesus’ question: “Do you still have no faith?” is a lesson to us.  He is saying that the purpose of the lake…with its illusions wind and storms…serves to develop our faith in the one who is in the boat with us.  There is so much that we could say on this thought alone.

What do we believe: about God?  Our relationship to Him?  Life and life experiences?  Are our expectations in line with truth?

In the crossing of the lake, we will have calm days.  It is easy to become self-sufficient when there are no storms and wind.  It is in the storm that what we really believe about God, ourselves, others, and life will manifest.

We are going to the other side of the lake.  Our journey in Earth School has an end.  Let’s arrive there with faith.  Let’s embrace the storms – not run in panic.  The storms reveal the lies that we believe.  When we know the truth, we can be free.  Remember, the Commander is in the boat with us.