Mark 6:45-56
Until you’ve been out on a lake in the dark of night,
heading into the wind and against the current, you cannot truly understand all
the disciples are facing.
Why would Jesus send them in this direction? Did He not
know they would face this kind of opposition?
Here we find the same men who had just participated in
such a great miracle it is the ONLY miracle contained in all four Gospels being
sent away and tested up to and perhaps even beyond their limits.
They were certainly being tested beyond the limits of
their understanding.
Why had Jesus sent them away? Why had He sent them in
this direction? Is this any way to run a ministry?
We are blessed that we see all sides of what takes place
here, and yet some of this is beyond our understanding as well. We can truly
say in this case the text provides few real answers. Does this frustrate you?
(It does me.)
As much as I desire the answers to all the questions I
have about this life-ministry event, I realize I must accept much of what takes
place here is a complete mystery.
But isn’t that the way life in ministry is? Doesn’t
serving Jesus simply require obedience in mystery? Where am I going – why am I
going - and what will happen when I get there – are all the kinds of questions
we have?
And we find most often, as in this case, the answer is
found in simple obedience. We can rest in the fact Jesus has a plan, and we are
a part of it. Is that enough?
The truth is to be part of Jesus’ plan is the greatest
life there is. It may not be the easiest life, and it may make us
uncomfortable, and it may keep us up all night on occasion, but when we see the
outpouring of the power of Christ it is worth it all.
-Pastor Bill
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