Chapter 14

“When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were scared out of their wits. 'It's a ghost!' they said, and cried out in fright.”

Human biology has had a never-ending chain of discoveries. One thing that is fairly evident is our eyesight and its limitations.  We have a subconscious tendency to analyze what we see in the context of what is happening around us. This works well in memory creation, but it fails when it comes to the things of the Kingdom.

The disciples were on a boat that was in the center of heavy winds, beaten by the winds. In most high-stress situations like this, humans tend to be in survival mode. This might explain why when Jesus neared the disciples, they saw Him as a threat to them.

You can imagine the order of events: you are in a boat being beaten by heavy waves, and the wind is against you. In this seemingly life-ending ordeal, you see someone walking on water. The most logical conclusion for some of us might be, it's the Grim Reaper, or a ghost coming to claim our lives, more so in this perilous situation.

The sad thing is that most of us try to analyze the things of the Kingdom with our naked eyes. In doing so, we continually miss and wrongly judge the presence of god in our lives. Open the eyes of our hearts, Lord, teach us how to see you. We might be expecting Jesus to show up in our lives in only a certain way, disregarding the potential for him to come in another way.  We will never be able to predict the workings of God; we are the clay, He is the potter. 

Do not be afraid when God shows up in your job, family, relationship, or life in a way you did not expect. May God clean our hearts of any prejudice and help us to see Him for who He is, not through the lens of our limited and compromised eyesight.

Our prayer today is for God to clean our eyes, remove any prejudices we may have of his workings and ways. Help us not to be afraid when you show up in our situations.  Teach us to see you for who you are, teach us to always have faith in you, even in trying times. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

"Clean our eyes Lord, remove any prejudice in our judgment and perception of You"