When you know where you stand do you know where you sit?

Mark 4:35-41 Tells the story of Jesus calming the storm. Something really stuck out to me when reading it recently. Its so easy to gloss over these little nuggets of awesome. Every once and a while you catch them though. I think this story gives an example of the kinds of Christians that make up the church.
One type is "The crowd". These people go to church, hear a message and sing their hallelujahs and then go home. Sure they look authentic enough. They definatly play the part well. In the end, however, they're just "Happy Plastic People" as Casting Crowns would say. The sad thing about them is that even though they see Jesus and hear him they get left behind. Jesus has places to go and things to do. Its up to you to follow OR be part of the crowd.
The second type are the "other boat" followers. These follow Jesus to the places he's going and do the things he wants them to do which is awesome. But, they are at a distance from God. Maybe they withhold their true thoughts, feelings and fears or maybe they just don't trust Jesus with everything. God not only knows your desires but the intentions of every thought. Which scares the flip out of me. Maybe that's why I'm not where I want to be yet. Maybe I need to realize God doesn't just love the exterior me. God loves the messed up and broken deep dark secret me. Not because of what I do or who I am but simply because he loves me.
The final group are the people who are on Jesus' boat. Do they have a perfect and peaceful existence? Uh... no! They are the first to see the storm. They are the ones who freaked out woke up Jesus and said "Help us lord we're gonna die!!" Or something like that. What I think is best about this group is they actually see the miracle. In this case its him calming the storm. They also get to interact with him. They call and he answers. The people on the other boat got the blessing of a calmed storm too but they didn't get the privilege of SEEING Jesus stand up and tell the winds to shut their face because his children have somewhere to go and something to do. According to his will, through his authority and for his glory amen!
Now all three know Jesus as their savior but only the ones on his boat will SEE power, glory and grace personified. What you have to ask yourself is which are you and which do you wish to be. #ThinkAboutIt