Do you feel like you’re working as hard as you can but getting nowhere? Perhaps it’s time to welcome Christ into your boat. You’ll get to where you need to be much quicker!
Here’s a story about the disciples caught in a storm that threatened their progress. Notice how the storm was of no consequence and how they instantly arrived at their destination as soon as they welcomed Christ into their boat.
“That evening Jesus’ disciples went down to the shore to wait for him. But as darkness fell and Jesus still hadn’t come back, they got into the boat and headed across the lake toward Capernaum. Soon a gale swept down upon them, and the sea grew very rough. They had rowed three or four miles when suddenly they saw Jesus walking on the water toward the boat. They were terrified, but he called out to them, “Don’t be afraid. I am here!” Then they were eager to let him in the boat, and immediately they arrived at their destination!” (John 6:16-21, NLT).
Our “boat” is our thinking. If we try to do things on our own, we might feel like we’re adrift at sea, even threatened by storms of fear, doubt and uncertainty. But when we welcome Christ into our “boat,” we have the power and presence of God working on our behalf that stills those storms, restores peace and gets us to our destination, pronto!
So, delay no more. Let Christ into your life, and let Christ get you to where you need to be. The results will be much better.
Thank you so much xxx
Just what I needed to hear, to do, gotta get done. Thank u Evan.
“The boat is our thinking.”
What a wonderful analogy!
“You is your think.”
Another Mind-filled day
Thank you, EVAN.
Thanks, Evan! I love that wonderful interpretation and will always think of it that way from now on. It’s so exciting that we are fed spiritually every day, what a blessing x
I actually live on a sailboat. I was having trouble sleeping since it’s so hot, so I opened my computer and had to smile because the first thing I saw was this article and the photo.
Thanks, Evan. The spiritual ideas you share are always so inspiring!
Thank you Evan this was so beautifully expressed..
In the story I had always wondered why they left without him.. then I realized how often I had left without him ( rushed into something without listening first – without feeling the hand of God leading me.)
Mrs. Eddy was once asked why she paused before interning a room for a meeting. She answered saying: “To let the Christ go in first.”
Gradually I’m learning to pause to be sure Christly wisdom is going before me and guiding my every step. Or as she would say “Sheppard show me how to go..”. ( hymn 304 The Christian Science Hymnal).
As I listen and “bind up the stubborn will” I too can instantly be on the other side..
Good thoughts from many, but I especially appreciated yours. Been there, done that. And thanks, Evan!
Wonderful
“o’er earth’s troubled, angry sea
I see Christ walk,
& come to me, & tenderly,
Divinely talk.
Thus Truth engrounds me on the rock
Upon life’s shore,
‘Gainst which the winds & waves can shock
Oh, nevermore.”
[Hymn 253]
Timely reminder. Thanks to all. Hymns of comforting verse like #222,
Christmas Carol, verse #3;
How silently, how silently, The wondrous gift is given;
So God imparts to human hearts
The blessings of His heaven,
No ear may hear His coming, But in this world of sin,
Where meekness will receive Him,still,
The dear Christ enters in.
Written By Phillips Brooks (1835 – 1893) He was the most celebrated contemporary of Mary Baker Eddy during Her foundational work in Boston.
Best wishes to all, Prayerful followers….
Peter wanting to walk on the water towards
Jesus, sank. John stayed on the boat because
he had already internalized the Christ.
(Not the exact words. Hargreaves)
I always wanted to be like Peter. After reading
this, I want to be like John. The word internalized
was in the original statement.
Internalize the Christ and you are in the boat.
Internalized Christ, inspiration of John, beloved and always safe, not needing rescuing. Wow thank you, M.
So good!!
Thank you
M-Are you quoting John Hargreaves?
What a perfect way to think of that boat as our thought , welcoming in the Christ , steering us into Spiritual awareness and anchoring us in Truth and Divine Love. Thank you Evan and thank you also for the hymn quotes everyone❣️
Lovely! Thanks so much, Evan!
So clear now with your help, thank you so much Evan !
What an outstanding answer to my prayer today, God guide me where to go with my son; Christ is welcomed in.
I love Christ’s boat… to stay afloat! Thank you Evan!!!
This came just in time, thanks Evan.
Thank you, Evan! Inspiring thought!
An excellent help ! My home state of NY has been described lately as a goner, never to be the same. With Christ to steer the rebuild and even to pause with us and appreciate the good that IS present, I am not afraid for the future of the great State. Thank you !!!
Thank you, Evan. I love the idea of our thinking being the boat! This is a perfect message for me today, and it has special meaning since it’s “lake season” in this part of the country. Wishing a blessed day to all.
I am forwarding this to my son who is sailing on Lake Superior.
Great help Evan!
What a glorious blog. Thanks to all and for the hymn references. I especially like the revelation, to me at least, was why John stayed in th boat. He was not impetuous like Peter.
Here’s a focus on Gratitude in our boat of thought:
https://sentinel/christianscience.com/shared/view/2k20pmma6ns?s=e
Please use this link instead:
https://sentinel.christianscience.com/shared/view/2k20pmma6ns?s=e
I love this Evan, thank you!
Thank you for sharing Angie.
“Let Christ into your life, and let Christ get you to where you need to be. ”
Can anyone help me…what is the difference between letting “God” into your boat and letting “Christ” into your boat. I still don’t see the difference.
Dear K,
“we have the power and presence of God ” is the way Evan put it. And I’ve read that Christ is the presence of the power of God and the power of the presence of God. As Mary Baker Eddy writes in Science and Health, Christ is “the divine message from God to men speaking to the human consciousness.” So the way I see it is that since God, divine Mind, Love, Truth, already fills all space, our human consciousness is guided by Christ when we humbly and fervently open our hearts to God. Then we listen for practical guidance in our lives, focusing our thoughts on the harmony that God, divine Mind, is knowing and seeing and producing rather than on the material picture around us, or the mental confusion within us. Hope this helps.
That helps a lot. Many thanks, Carolyne
& also here’s an article that also articulates it:
https://sentinel.christianscience.com/shared/view/g6tujcr7li?s=e
which includes:
[Christ Jesus] never acted independent of God, but always turned to God to govern his thoughts, words, & actions… to save us from sin—from mortal ways of thinking & behaving
Our lifework is to live our oneness with God as Love’s spiritual likeness
Excllent and appdeciated. Thanks Evan.
I’ve been reading back over a few posts I missed. I just had to express my gratitude for this message. What a refreshing way of looking at this bible story.
I need this idea so much. I often run off ahead in thought, accepting a material outlook, leaving the shore without bringing God on board the boat of my thinking and acting. Needless to say, it’s not a winning approach!
I love that even though the disciples left the shore on their own, Truth pursued them, followed them out into the water. That says to me that even when I seem to forget, and try living or thinking humanly, God is there coming toward me, to calm fear, bringing me right ideas and Love. Thanks to Evan and everyone for sharing wonderful truths, hymn, articles. So appreciated.
What a fabulous nugget of inspiration! Thank you.
Talking of boats, I had done a Sunday School lesson on the importance of rowing with 2 oars – Affirm and Deny. Kathy Fitzer CS had said in her Cedars Metaphysical Notes in November 2016:
Just as we go in circles if we only paddle on one side, we must know both the nothingness of evil and the allness of God — the ever presence of good — as we alertly defend ourselves and our world from sneak attacks!!
The kids pointed out that MBE’s scientific statement of being (read after SS) is all about using those 2 oars! I now say the scientific statement of being moving each oar (mentally). 🙂
As this article says our boat is our thinking. What a head start with Christ in our boat!