In this true life event the stark and vast chasm between heaven and earth is perfectly explained. Right in the space of a hundred yards amid the fog, the stinging wind-sprayed white caps, the swelling and rolling tumult, a figure appears walking unassisted on the reckless sea.

The disciple-fishermen discover it's a man. That man is about to explain a mystery that never occurred to the minds or imaginations of men - ever. He would essentially say, "I disclose to you the territorial demarcation between Heaven and earth. Between the world I bring and the one you insist on keeping. Between the unseen glories of eternity, which you cannot feel nor find without Me, and the wasteland of shadows, symbols and fleeting pleasures."

The Gospel account unfolds like this: crowds of more than 5000 followed Jesus to a desolate place where He taught them about His Kingdom, had compassion on them and healed their sick. When evening came the disciples told Jesus it was time to send the folks to the villages to get food for the trek back to their homes. But Jesus said, “They need not go away; you give them something to eat.”

Here's how that went: with only five loaves of bread and two fish, Jesus looked up to heaven and said a blessing. Then He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces left over.

The story progresses:
Immediately He made his disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side (of the lake), to Bethsaida

Then He went up on the mountain to pray.

The boat was out on the sea, and He was alone on the land. And He saw that they were making headway painfully, for the wind was against them.

And about the fourth watch of the night He came to them, walking on the sea. He meant to pass by them, but when they saw Him walking on the sea they thought it was a ghost, and cried out, for they all saw Him and were terrified. But immediately He spoke to them and said, “Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid.”

Let's understand; these men were fishermen. From little on up, none of them had ever jumped into water and not sunk. They'd never seen nor heard of anyone, anywhere, who'd stepped out of a boat and walked on top of water. What they saw before their eyes was altogether impossible. Yet, there was Jesus, walking.

Now Peter calls back to Him, “Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.”
Jesus said one word: “Come.”

Jesus just invited Peter into the realm of eternity - the land from whence all shadows fall; the universe's cornucopia.

So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus.

But when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, “Lord, save me.”

Jesus immediately reached out his hand and took hold of him, saying to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?”

Did you just hear what Jesus said? He first stated Peter's condition: Your faith is too small. Then the question: Why did you doubt?

Only hours before, Jesus engaged his apprentices in the act of creating food out of thin air. Each of them watched his own hands pass out handfuls of bread and fish to many thousands of people.

Mark then wraps up the incident with this account: And He (Jesus) got into the boat with them, and the wind ceased. And they were utterly astounded, . . . for they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.

So, the little secret that opens the eternity of never-ending possibilities, of grabbing heaven's glories with both hands and commanding them into the earth, is this:

1. Look to Jesus - the author, the perfecter, the finisher of our faith. (Heb 12:2) He is the universal illustration - the original - the genesis of faith. That which brings the unseen into plain sight - God (unseen) became flesh (Jesus a real man) and dwelt among us. This incarnation is the core and pinnacle of faith.

2. Believe what Jesus says above every apparent contradiction.
   Jesus brought a kingdom that addressed the needs of a fallen world by supplying the Spirit (the actual living conditions) to make us true born citizens of the Kingdom whose powers are superior to mere natural laws. He showed that God's children bear the signature of their Father, by nature! How hard is it? Watch a child. Watch them believe. Now you.

Outcomes are certain:
If we look into the inexhaustible resources of the infinitely faithful and loving Father, lack is banished. All things are possible.

However, if we hold all that we see and experience to the measure of our own understanding, we forever set the parameters of our prison.

We cannot but experience and propagate the kingdom that holds our allegiance and affections.

Don't ever again say, "I was not gifted with such great faith." A step is all it takes to begin.

Say the truth instead, "I have given the god of my sight, my history, my understanding to set the limits of my experience. I have, by fear and unbelief, chosen to remain in my boat."

Anyone of the men in the boat could have come. Could have walked on water. Could have had everything they would trust for.

It's your faith, your understanding, your invitation, . . . your boat.