There's a legend of a man who lives beneath the sea. He is a fisher of men, a last hope for those who are left behind.
The Guardian (2006) staring Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher tells the story of a veteran coastguard. It starts with the above thought provoking quote of a mystical figure who helps those who are drowning to reach the surface.
We don't need water to drown. Life can drown us, or so it seems. Sometimes the waves are big and fierce crashing down around us leaving us gasping for breath. Sometimes the storm seems relentless. We can only tread water at best. We pray for help. We pray some more. Nothing seems to change or even give. The storm continues. Life continues but not perhaps as we would like or want it.
But Jesus is still there amongst the waves and in the storm and his love for us never changes.
God is our refuge and strength,
An ever-present help in times of trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
And the mountains fall into the heart of the sea
Though its waters roar and foam
And the mountains quake with their surging.
He says, 'be still and know that I am God'...
The Lord Almighty is with us;
The God of Jacob is our fortress.
(Psalm 46:1-3, 10a, 11 NIV)
Remember the account of Jesus sleeping in the bottom of the boat (Mat 8:23-27) whilst the disciples worried about the storm. Then Jesus calmed the storm and everything was still once more.
In the midst of the storm Jesus says to us... 'Be still and know that I am God.'
Beautiful post Jo, I've just read this after 2 Corinthians 4.... think God's trying to tell me something!
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