Jesus Walks on the Water
Mark 6: 45 - Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go ahead of Him to the other side to Bethsaida, while He Himself was sending the crowd away. 46 After bidding them farewell, He left for the mountain to pray.
47 When it was evening, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and He was alone on the land. 48 Seeing them straining at the oars, for the wind was against them, at about the fourth watch of the night He *came to them, walking on the sea; and He intended to pass by them. 49 But when they saw Him walking on the sea, they supposed that it was a ghost, and cried out; 50 for they all saw Him and were terrified. But immediately He spoke with them and *said to them, “Take courage; it is I, do not be afraid.” 51 Then He got into the boat with them, and the wind stopped; and they were utterly astonished, 52 for they had not gained any insight from the incident of the loaves, but their heart was hardened.
This passage demonstrates one of the most profound moments when Jesus purposed that the hidden things of the Spirit would manifest to mark the natural times in relationship to Kairos, appointed times. When God redeems a work intended to be a witness of Christ manifest in the earth, he marks the times, both natural and spiritual. Once darkness is divided, the choices that we make towards the Kingdom brings renewal to our inner man. Our discernment increases and our mind is renewed as to how to walk in the light of day even where circumstances bring storms.
Where the heart has become hardened, our eyes grow dim and are even blinded to what would otherwise be seen with eyes of the Spirit. 2 Corinthians says, “For which cause we faint not, but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
In Hebrew times, the night was divided into four parts in which they posted watches.. Sharpening our spiritual discernment is achieved much the same way. We don’t rely on human understanding where emotions would otherwise govern the choices that we make, especially in spiritual storms. Rather, we learn to build our lives on the knowledge we have of God and His Kingdom.
The manifestation of prophetic times requires intervention through willful, prophetic acts. Until the soul of man can identify with God in challenging circumstances, we lack understanding in how to divide soul from spirit. Knowledge of the spirit realm through the prophetic dimension equips us with the means of dividing soul life from spirit life. Spirit life, which is born of God, then has the capacity to divide night from day to apprehend the times of Christ. The times of Christ lead us to manifest the works of Christ. The works that are born out of our relationship with the Spirit bring light as to how to govern our lives in relationship to God’s Kingdom through Christ.
In Mark 6:45, the disciples were all in the “same boat”. We often find this to be true where God is moving corporately to reveal the hardening of man’s heart, as well as how to build through community. Community reveals the heart through relational habits, both good and bad. There is no way to become built upon the foundations of the Apostles and Prophets apart from the knowledge of how to build our lives and community by the Spirit. Building our lives on the substance of Christ requires intimate knowledge of him through the gifts that he gave to man. When Jesus walked on the water, he walked on the substance of what he had built his life and ministry on in relationship to the Father and His Kingdom.
Eph. 4: 11 And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.
As we grow in discernment of how to redeem the times, the Ministry of Reconciliation and Restoration become the greater works that are multiplied from that of Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Pastor and Teacher. These are the greater works that we become joined to in how Christ is manifest in the earth.
Kingdom blessings,
Cindy Allen.
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