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Today’s text
Immediately he made
the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, while he
dismissed the crowds. And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up the
mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, but by this
time the boat, battered by the waves, was far from the land, for the wind was against them. And early in the
morning he came walking towards them on the lake. But when the disciples saw
him walking on the lake, they were terrified, saying, ‘It is a ghost!’ And they
cried out in fear. But immediately Jesus spoke to them and said, ‘Take heart,
it is I; do not be afraid.’
The Voice of Love
We know you, Lord Jesus. You are the calm voice amid the
storm, the one who calls us to still our anxieties and listen … just listen and
know you.
It strikes me that you went off by yourself to pray. I
wonder what your prayer looked like. What did it sound like? Would I have heard
anything at all had I known the privilege of sitting beside you on the
mountain?
I imagine you sitting in silence, your soul quiet, resting,
but feeling full, complete … aware of the Holy Presence deep within.
I cannot produce that fullness, but there are moments I am
aware of it. I know it. I know what--make that Who--you knew on the mountain,
and my soul, too, grows quiet and strong, fully knowing all life (mine, too) is
wrapped in Love.
The assurance only Love can give fills me, leaving room for
nothing else. I become the love you intend; losing the anxiety that has gripped
human hearts ever since the tragedy of Eden
when the man and the woman first felt separated from you.
Fear multiplies in separation, reproducing itself in new and
more troubling forms when we feel disconnected from the Source, the One, the
Love whom you knew so well sitting on the mountainside.
That’s the difference between you on the waves and your
anxious friends shivering at the sight of ghosts: You knew. You always knew.
They did not.
That is what you sought to bring them and the rest of us,
too. You bring us … you are … the Voice you knew on the mountain, the One who
says, “Take heart; it is I.”
And you are the One who finds us amid storms and fears,
seeking to fill our anxious hearts with the voice of Love who leaves room for
nothing else.
Pr. David L. Miller
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