Tuesday, November 1, 2011

'What man is this . . .'

"What sort of man is this that even the winds and the waves obey him?"  Some are quick to question the reality of the miracle and, thus, to make of Jesus an ordinary sort of man.  Thus, the question of those in the boat who experienced the waves and the winds was pointless.  There was no help against the storm and the wind and the wave.  

The actuality of the miracle disturbs us because the miracle reveals the closeness of God midst our storms.  "Where is your courage, your faith?"  We have none -- neither courage nor its foundation, faith.  We are the ordinary sort of men.  We are overwhelmed by the storms and heavy seas of our times and lives.  No messiah is to be found asleep in our boat.

Fear is the final perimeter of our lives without the miracle that is Jesus.  Jesus is the Center: remove the center and things fall apart -- so far apart as to be beyond all human repair.  "Lord save us for we are lost and do not realize it."  The greatest loss is not to know one's loss.

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