Mothership

I love to watch the Discovery and History channel. As I was watching the History channel, they were discussing about ships that sailed across the world years ago. One of the things I learned is that each fleet has what they call the “Mothership.” This ship is the one who knows where they are all going and sets the direction for all the ships in the fleet to follow. However, by following the Mothership, that does guarantee that everything is going to go smooth on the journey for the ships who follow.
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So, on one ship all is going well, on another ship things might be going bad. But, aren’t both ships following the mothership? Isn’t this like life as a follower of Christ? God is the mothership we are following but you can have one person where it seems like everything is going so well for them and the other person where it seems all Hell is breaking loose in their life.  Both people are following the Mothership. However, we sometimes need to ask ourselves are we truly following the Mothership (God)? God knows why we are in the water, we may not know that all of the time. God also knows why we encounter the storms of life. Our job is to learn how to sail in the same direction as the Mothership.

Because we can choose to create anything we want, we can sail in the opposite direction if we want. When we do this, we will for sure find rough water. I remember a few years ago, I decide to get back in the gym and get back in shape. During this time, I started to travel down a path of bodybuilding. Now I’m not saying there is anything wrong with bodybuilding for some. I however started to make choices where I was not following the Mothership and decided to go in my own direction. I found rough waters and by the end of that rough journey my boat was damaged with all kinds of holes and about to sink. But as I started to sail back in the direction the Mothership; my life was filled with meaning, purpose and love. I was excited about being alive.

The meaning of my life was the inner compass that aligned itself with the Mothership and allowed me to follow in the direction that the Mothership wanted me to go.
 
Mark 8:34 says “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.”