“Lifeboat” Blog #126
Whose side am I on?
Where are my beliefs centered?
What DO I really stand for?
Three different questions, yet all different versions of the same question. What do I believe
I stand for and why do I believe this? On April 15, 1912, the British ocean liner, The Titanic
was carrying 2224 passengers. This massive ship was on its maiden voyage from England
to New York City. Some of its passengers were among the wealthiest people in the world.
The ships builder had guaranteed this ship to be “indestructible.” That is until the ship hit
an iceberg. It then took less than two hours and forty minutes for this massive, majestic,
mighty piece of artistic brilliance, to sink to the bottom of the ocean floor. Almost 1500 passengers perished. Sadly, only 728 people managed to get to safety on little more than 20 lifeboats.
The first class accommodation on the Titanic was designed to be the pinnacle of comfort
and luxury. There was a swimming pool, gymnasium, fine restaurants, cafes, Turkish baths
and hundreds of beautiful cabins. The remotely activated watertight doors contributed to
the ship having a reputation as “unsinkable”. Yet take note in how quickly it went down to
the bottom of the ocean. A little more than two hours and forty minutes, and then no
more.
Reaching out, I often try to find what can make sense to me. in my life. When do I feel like I
may be sinking and in desperate need of a “lifeboat”? How often have I found the need to
take one deep breath after another and say to myself, “Why me, Lord?”
There are so many of us that want a concrete reason to believe in HIM? There is not a
single tangible reason why I or you should believe in Jesus Christ as our Lord IF this belief is
based on “tangible evidence right now”. Yet, I ask myself, is there tangible evidence where
exactly the wind comes from? Why the weather decides to change on a dime and where
does the rainbow come and go from anyway? Is there tangible evidence how exactly a
baby is made inside a human body? We all know there is no tangible evidence of any of
the above.
Still, nothing can make me believe in a Higher Power IF I do not want to. Nothing can
make me love HIM, and nothing can make me search until I must I be tested and tempted
and changed internally. Then with nerves frayed beyond measure, am I brought to a
pinnacle place of truth? For this truly is where growth of the inner Holy Spirit takes place.
Then I resolve to take HIS lifeboat. It is always here for me regardless of how many times I
have pushed HIM away. Jesus IS my lifeline connecting me to my lifeboat. In any and all
difficulty HE now lives in my heart with HIS Holy Spirit instilled within me for truth, love and
protection.
IF it is the middle of the night and I am afraid, lonely and filled with anxiety, Jesus is here
and he comes with an army of angels to help, heal and rescue me. HE has now
constructed a lifeline to my lifeboat which instantly gives me tremendous courage,
confidence and clarity.
I still remember when JESUS ASKED PETER TO TAKE HIS HAND IN THE BOAT. Peter began to
walk on the water toward Jesus and suddenly looked down and started to sink. Jesus said
to Peter, “Oh, ye of little faith”.
Can I believe there is a lifeboat waiting for me now?
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