Who’s Rowing the Boat?
Years ago my wife and I decided to try our hand in a row boat.
There are certain situations that a husband should never put themselves in because it’s going to get ugly - and unless you know what you are doing, attempting to row across a lake is probably one of those situations.
It took us well over an hour to navigate a 20 minute tour through a botanical garden. We were stuck on numerous occassions. There was screaming and at one point I am pretty sure there was crying.
It was unchartered territory for us. Because we didn’t work together, each of us was operating independently of one another, which actually made it more difficult.
Isn’t that the way it’s working in many churches today? We’re all in the boat, but instead of working together we work against each another.
Or maybe its worse….everyone else in the boat is sitting back and letting the Pastor or other leaders row the boat.
Imagine how much easier our journey would be if we all picked up an oar and rowed together.
May 6, 2008 at 1:28 pm
Put down the oars and put up the sails.
May 6, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Shell Silverstein had a poem that goes like this…
I see tons of people rowing… maybe the boats the problem… but that whole “don’t try to tell us its not” thing is in effect…
Thats why so many prophets got stoned to death… they kept trying to tell em’…
May 7, 2008 at 6:41 am
if you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat…
May 7, 2008 at 11:27 am
I try my hardest to jump in and help, even though I have alwasy taken the lead in other areas of my life I am just a servant and go whereever I am needed. I am not sure if that is good or bad but it feel right for now. If every would just give up an hour a week and serve someone other than themselves the worls would be a different place
I wouldn’t want to row with my wife either
May 7, 2008 at 4:19 pm
Yeah man… that’s what I’m talking about… its scary though.. but Peter is the only human being other than Jesus who could say he walked on water too…
It takes faith… not in the boat…thats the easy road, but in the one who says, “come on out”, and then the faith to trust him and go!
May 7, 2008 at 4:29 pm
That brought up another thought…
The boat is for disciples…
Walking on the surfac of water… that’s for followers of Jesus… there is a big difference..!
May 8, 2008 at 6:31 am
i think there are some theories on why the 11 were sleeping while peter was following but in the end you got it; they were still wanting to be discipled not wanting to disciple.