My Heart is Out at Sea (Explained)

This story was written fairly long ago, it was a letter to a friend. Recently, I found it in one corner of my hard drive and thought "Hey! why not post it?"

Read the story here.

And I thought I'll post the explanation too. Most of this was from that letter, some isn't. I took most out of the letter and left some out. And edited it too. Okay, *deep breath* here goes:

Often at times, we feel like the disciples when we are caught in storms. We fight it ourselves at first, then start to panic, then start to worry and cry, and when God comes to help in a form we might not recognize, we call him a ghost?

Well, maybe we should zoom out a bit, when the disciples were in the storm, what was Jesus doing? He was…... Praying? Yeap, that's right! Praying! (v. 23) So, when we’re in the scariest storms, Jesus is interceding for us.

When the storm is the darkest and scariest, He will come to us. Wait, what did I mean by darkest? Well, the fourth watch of night (v. 25) is about 3am? (Since the first watch starts at 6pm and every watch is 3 hours apart.) So it’s kind of like the darkest part of the night or something.

Anyway, He doesn't just come. He comes walking on water! Stepping on all the fears that taunted us. I mean, when you see that God can actually WALK on the WATER, the very thing you were scared of (because in a storm, generally people are scare of the boat capsizing and falling into the sea and drowning), you realized that He has conquered everything and there’s nothing to be afraid of any more!!

And you will feel the need to conquer your fears together with Jesus just as Peter asked to walk on the waters also! Jesus didn't say, “Oh no, you don’t come on the water, it’s for pros like me!” But He said, “Come!” (v. 29) And the best thing is that even if you fail, you can always call out to Him and He’ll catch you! (v. 31)

But wait, why was the disciples in the storm anyway? Well, simply because Jesus sent them (v. 22). They were in the path of the will that God had for them. As long as we are in the will, storms will come but “be of good cheer” and “do not be afraid” (v. 27), because Jesus is always there.

In a conclusion, if we head in the direction that God sent us, storms will definitely come! But be of good cheer because while we fight that storm, Jesus is interceding for us. And when we can no longer fight the storm, He'll come and help us in a form we might not recognize. And when He does, He will crush the fears that once contained us under His feet.