John 6:16-24 – Jesus walks on water..
- “Funny what you miss”
- Oddly – I have very little that occurs to me about this passage.
- The thing I most noticed is what I have previously missed.
- There are two miracles it seems in this passage.
- Jesus walks on water.
- Then the boat immediately arrives at its destination.
- I had never noticed this second thing until today.
- I suppose there is even a simply lesson here.
- Sometimes God’s miracles outshine the others so we don’t even notice them.
- We notice the miracle that frightened the disciples but the one that actually helped them and kept them safe we don’t notice.
- It’s a bit like the difference between these two scenarios.
- A Plane loses two engines, the pilot tells the passengers. They panic, pray, scream and when he lands the plane safely heap all kinds of praise on him.
- A Plane loses two engines, the pilot does not tell the passengers. So no-one panics, no-one prays, no-one screams and no-one says anything as they get off the plane.
- The passengers were in equal danger and yet their praise and admiration for their pilot was completely affected by what they did or did not notice.
- Funny what I miss.
- I expect I only see the very dramatic and only thank God for the recues from the dangers I see myself in. I wonder how often he rescues me and I never notice.
- Something for me to think about today.
No comments:
Post a Comment