It Doesn’t Matter if We Can’t See “Him.”

In Mark, the 6th Chapter, 45-51, we see Jesus sending His disciples ahead and going into Beth-sa-i-da, while He went up into a mountain to pray. The disciples went by ship and while Jesus was praying, His disciples fell into the midst of a great storm… dark skies, huge waves, and a small boat. They were terrified. Jesus finishes His talk with His Heavenly Father and decides to join them… the boat has left, so He “walks on the water to them” in the dark, around 3:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m. In fact, Jesus walked right by their boat and they didn’t recognize Him. The rest of the story goes on to say that as soon as Jesus “got into the boat,” the storm stopped, with Jesus saying, “Be of good cheer, it is I. Be not afraid.”

There is a story told by Jason Atwood, about a father and son, in World War ll. A father, trying to flee from the bombing and guns, took hold of his little son and ran from a building that had been struck by a bomb. The sky was black and dark, and danger was all around. No one could see anything, like the disciples. The father came across a “shell hole,” and in the dark, jumped down into it, letting go of his son’s hand. He held up his arms for his little son to jump and continued to try to tell the boy to jump but the little boy said, “But father, I can’t see you.” His father, seeing only the silhouette of his son, said, “But, I can see you!”

When we are going through a dark storm, it doesn’t matter if we can’t see Jesus. All that matters is that “He can see us!” It’s gonna be ok.

Sherry