Forget the Box

(boxes shmoxes... believers need to think outside something else)

Imagine you were in a small boat on Lake Erie with your friends traveling to one of the islands. When the weather’s clear it’s a fun ride, but if a storm kicked up it would be a different story. Wind blowing, waves crashing, rain falling. Scary stuff. The best place to be in a storm is in the boat. I would be right there in the middle, hunkered down with a tarp over my head.

The disciples found themselves in a similar situation on the Sea of Galilee in John 6. The storm was raging all around and they were frightened. But then Jesus came to them walking on the water. In that instant the safest place was no longer in the boat. Rather it was out on the water, with the One who could tame the wind and the waves. It was counter intuitive, but true.

We’ve probably all heard the phrase “think outside the box.” I submit that in ministry and Christian organizations like the YMCA we need to forget the box. We need to think outside the boat. That’s where Jesus was; calling the disciples to come and join him. That’s where we, too, can meet him and do the amazingly powerful work he desires from us.

Throw off the tarp, look and listen and get ready to JUMP!


Brian

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