Mark 4:22 – “For nothing is hidden except to be revealed, and nothing concealed except to be brought to light.  “

As I read, prayed, and contemplated the Word of God today, I thought it kept resurfacing.  It challenged my heart.    In Mark 4, we find the lesson of Jesus about the seed sown in various types of soil and the resulting growth.  In verse 22, Jesus reminded them of God’s omniscience and the impossibility of hiding anything from Him.  Yet, we do it all the time.

In verses 36-40, we encounter an event that yields a life lesson, one that, if embraced, can revolutionize our lives.   He said, “Let us cross over to the landing place.”   They proceeded to depart by boat, and a heavy storm with fierce wind and overflowing waves arose.  They were terrified by what they saw, but Jesus was asleep in the stern of the boat.

The reaction of the disciples is the reaction most people have in difficult situations.   They were fearfully focused on the conditions—the storm, the wind, and the waves.   In their state of fear, they roused Jesus up to pray.     In their appeal to Him, they shifted their focus from their fear to Him – “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?”   Imagine that, Jesus, if you are not fretting, worried, or doing something, what’s wrong with you?  Jesus got up and quieted the storm.

After He rescued them, He said (v.40), “Why are you so fearful?  And why do you have no faith?” The second question is answered by the first.  No faith because of the fear.  But why the fear?  It is because of the focus.

They had the Word—“Let’s go to the other side.” They heard, but what they heard was overshadowed by what they saw.  They focused on what they saw rather than what He said.  When we misdirect our focus from God’s Rhema to our perception of reality, fear gains entrance, and faith cannot live in a heart filled with fear.

The key is trust!  The key is learning to focus on what God says rather than what we see.  The key is developing spiritual ears that produce spiritual eyes, which enable us to look beyond or through the circumstances to the destination.  In the natural, We see the now and fear.  If we develop spiritual eyes and ears, we see the then and believe!

Lord, give us ears to hear and eyes to see so that we can believe.  What we see is temporary.  What He says is eternal.

Have a fantastic day, confident that the God Who Sees and Knows All is Our God!