Consider the iceberg that fatally wounded the Titanic in the Spring of 1912. By the time Murdoch spotted it, there wasn’t enough time to turn sharply enough to avoid it. When they hit, a jagged piece of iceberg under the water ripped part of the hull. 

The part of the iceberg protruding above the waterline was not the most dangerous part. It was what lay beneath. The part visible was small and unimposing compared to what was hidden. Many seafaring novices have been fooled to their peril. 

Let’s think this through further. The part above the waterline is connected to the lower part that catches the currents of the sea. What is visible above water has no power on its own. Is this not a metaphor for the inward life? Beneath the surface of our exterior lies a massive world of beliefs, lies, righteous thinking and erroneous assumptions ~ which are responses to our life’s story. These create a mindset, the very current that takes us on the ride of our lives. What others see and experience on the outside is a shallow and often artificial representation of what is really going on inside. 

It is this hidden world that God wants us to spend time on, to bring it into the Light of His presence. He will affirm what is true, expose what is not, and encourage us to act in faith accordingly. Many Christians believe that the past is irrelevant to the present because they are made new in Christ. While we are new creations, adopted children of our Heavenly Father, and destined for glory, past events still affect us. They have defined us, and the process of sanctification requires us to take each part captive, examine it, and deal with it under the direction of our wonderful Counselor and Healer. 

I am praying for you. Oh, but Jesus is also praying for you. Remember, He will guide you through unchartered territory.