Titanic Living Surrounded by Icebergs

In thinking about this idea of icebergs and the titanic it occurred to me this morning that I am sailing on the titanic of life and all of life’s little issues or big issues rather are one big mountain of an iceberg just waiting to sink me. We tend to focus on what is on the surface and not what lies beneath. It is not until we hit the iceberg that the mountain of ice that is so destructive explodes and is forced to float on the surface. The one good thing is that it breaks it up into chunks so that we don’t have to face it all at one time but we can take it piece by piece. It is not until we start dealing with the pieces that we understand why it was so destructive to us in the first place.
Once the titanic hit the iceberg it did not just float safely beside it in the water. It sank to the very depths of the ocean. When our ship seems to be sinking we have this life boat in Jesus that is ready to rescue us. Rescue, that is another word I have been chewing on a lot lately the idea that even though God is sovereign and he could put a bubble around me to prevent anything bad from ever happening to me, I would not learn of his unending mercy and grace. Instead he allows that first little particle of ice to form and those storms of life to creep up so that we learn to fully depend on Him.
God not only wants to be our all in all he wants to be our Rescuer. All I have every wanted in life was someone to fight for me, to die for me if need be. Little did I know I had that in the form of Jesus who stands in the gap for me even when I don’t have the strength to ask Him. God wants me to depend on him solely for my happiness and my security. He wants to be the LIFE BOAT! All to often when we hit those icebergs of life we are not prepared for the aftermath that will follow. We don’t rely on the life boat and we find ourselves just treading water. Have you ever really treaded water for a long period of time. It will wear you out! When we try and face problems and situations on our own with out Christ it will wear us out, and that is just what the enemy is looking for. A tired believer who thinks they have it all under control yet they are exhausted. The enemy sweet one is looking for away to drown you as you tread the cold waters of life. The only way to keep this from happening is to get safely into that life boat.
What do you do when you don’t have to strength to get in the boat? I am so glad you asked. There was a time when not only could I not get in the life boat I could not even see it on the horizon. It was then when godly people stood in the gap for me reaching out from the life boat to pull me in. Helping me to see the monster that sunk me in the first place and teaching me how to stay secure in the boat. Surround yourself with godly people, people who will build you up and not tear you down, who will give you godly council and if they need to will get in you BUSINESS to keep you floating in right direction.
Life is not a Saturday afternoon ride around the lake that you make in a row boat, but rather it is round trip ticket on an ocean liner that will take you into the deepest of waters. Sometimes those waters are calm and beautiful and sometimes they are stormy and frightening, but never the less it is a journey into the deep. Are you ready to take the journey to see what lies just beneath the surface and face it head on knowing you are safe in the lifeboat with Jesus.