How do we know Christ?

How do we know Christ? This is the central question of the readings for this coming Sunday. There are signs that this is not only knowing him by stories told about him but by experiencing him in the flesh. Each person is called to be open to his life changing presence which draws people to him. This is not just wishful thinking where it is our willing God to be present to our situation but a desire planted in the human heart to seek the person of Jesus.

When the situation appeared hopeless people turned to Jesus in the storm tossed boat. Their heartfelt pleas went out to him to save them from impending destruction. It was not that he was asleep on the case, as the disciples assumed but that in even the most violent storm he was present. In fact the calming of the storm raised more questions than it answered. There was a sense in which the dead calm was more disturbing than the storm itself.

In our daily prayers we can turn to Jesus in many ways but it is by reflecting on what does bring life to situations which seem lifeless, to bring hope to situations which are hopeless and to bring faith to situations that are faithless. God touches us where we are not where we think we should be. Each day have the confidence to step out and say Jesus walk with me!