Going beyond where we have been

There is a constant call from heaven to take us to new levels. God will not allow you to settle where you are . No matter how sublime the experience, no matter how glorious the accomplishment, there is always a place called the OTHER SIDE Mark4:35.
That expression "Let us go over to the other side" simply means let us go beyond where we have been Philippians 3:13,14.
Sometimes as we journey to the other side, we come to a place called THE MIDDLE - vs 47. The middle is an "in between" position, where you are neither here nor there. It is that place between where you have been and where you want to be.
That place between who you used to be and who you want to become. You are no longer on the shore you left behind but you are not yet on the shore you are going to. The middle is somewhere between your nightmare and your dream. Somewhere between your location and your destiny you have no fixed address.

Your past already bade you "goodbye", but your future has not greeted you "welcome". The middle is that moment of transition where a pregnant woman is no longer pregnant but she has not yet become a mother because the baby is right in the middle of the birth canal.
The middle is that place where a businessman has invested all his money into a business venture and has not yet received any returns. So he has a lot of money yet he has no money.
This is the place where you have no fixed address - you already moved from your last address but you do not have a new address yet - Hebrews 11:8-10
The middle is that place where a bride to be is no longer single yet she is not married. The middle is a place of uncertainty, a place that lacks definitions. You are no longer on the ninth floor( in the lift) but you are not yet on the tenth floor.

This is the place where the devil tries to attach people the most. Why? Because he recognizes that they are unstable during this stage - they are very vulnerable and it becomes very easy.
This is the point where we get the greatest sense of things not going right and not feeling right.
Vs 48 - The disciples were in the middle of a storm - the wind was contrary. They had been straining at the oars for nine hours. Their strength was failing them.
They were working hard - trying to integrate the darker side of their experiences with the brighter side of their expectations.

But notice, they were working against a contrary wind. They were fighting something they could not see. When you fight a contrary wind the best that will happen is you will go around in circles. The disciples' biggest problem was not the wind, it was their heart. They had lost focus of their history and their destiny. They could not see the shore they left, they could not see the one they were going.
The state of your heart per time determines your victory per time.

(To be Continued)