“The Titanic is a metaphor of life,” said James Cameron, director of the movie about the infamous ship that went down with 1,513 people in 1912. “We are all on the Titanic.” In many ways he’s right. The Titanic was declared unsinkable because it was constructed using a new technology that divided the ship’s hull into sixteen watertight compartments. As many as four of these separate compartments could be damaged or even flooded, and still the ship would float.
For years people believed that it sank because five of its watertight compartments had been ruptured in a collision with an iceberg. But on September 1 ,1985, when the wreck of the Titanic was found lying upright on the ocean floor, there was no sign of any long gash on the ship’s hull. Only one of the watertight compartments had been damaged in the collision. But it was enough to affect all the rest.
I used to think I could divide my life into different compartments. I thought what I did in one area would not affect the rest. It’s a classic Titanic-style mistake to make.
“In everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible, rank after rank after rank of angels——everything got started in Him and finds its purpose in Him”. (Colossians 1: 15-17 msg)
It is all linked: our choices and our hopes, our encounters and the angels, the life of Jesus and our future, our triumphs and our failures. God doesn’t do compartments. He wants us to be made whole. And when we invite Him into every part of our lives, He can begin mending the hurts, healing the damage, linking the good together, and turning our stories into something beautiful. Trust Him to do His job, and you will see Him in action.
Blessings to you this March,
Pastor John