I wrote about “let us go over to the other side” two years ago, but it’s a word we need now.

One day he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side of the lake.” So they set out. (Luke 8.22. ESV)

It’s the story of Jesus falling asleep and then being awakened to still a storm.

Matt Holzman, associate pastor at First Presbyterian Church, Colorado Springs, closed last Sunday’s sermon on Luke 8.22 – 26 with these words:

Verse 26 says, “They sailed to the region of the Gerasenes, which is across the lake from Galilee.” Jesus doesn’t stop the journey. He keeps going. He told them that he wanted to go across the lake, and that’s just what they did together. He brings them to the other side—literally and spiritually.

We’re in the middle of our move – the unpacking phase – about to drown in a sea of boxes. If you’ve moved, you’ve been there. I’m telling people, “We last moved in 2006. Do the math. We’re 19 years older now than we were then.” And I have to remind myself and June that God did not bring us to this new house so we could live in the middle of a mess. He will bring us to the other side!

And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. (Philippians 1.6, ESV)