Crossing/Transitioning Over

Matthew 14:34

34When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret.

Jesus and the disciples crossed over to an area that was on the west side of the Sea of Galilee as the Zondervan NIV Study Bible points out. It says it was a plain area considered to be a garden spot, fertile and well watered. This occurred after Jesus and Peter walked on the water. Walking on the water was one major event before the crossing over but so was the acknowledgment by the group with the following words, "Truly you are the Son of God" upon seeing the wind die down."  As soon as they crossed over and people saw, word spread all over the country and the sick were brought to Jesus. A new state of mind for the disciples because another significant miracle was coming.

God kept saying crossing over was significant not just for me but transition is in the atmosphere. According to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary transition means passage from one state, place, stage, or subject to another. We are about to transition from summer to fall (which represents harvest) but also what the scripture above shows is that the crossing over or transition was to a fertile place. So the old place is now dead. Even in Joshua 1:2 God said to Joshua, "Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the Land I am about to give to them- to the Israelites. Before a new place can be entered, whether it's a state of mind, physical place or whatever, a couple of things have to be acknowledged. First, acknowledging that the Lord is in the center of it is the only way you can move into a blessing or state of transition. Second, whatever was is now dead. You cannot walk into a new place of growth without leaving something behind. It's the changing of the guard in many words. If it's felt like the LONGEST week to you, it has been. Because it's been an attempt to keep the distraction from where you are going. Where are you going? A new place, whether mentally, spiritually or physically, today is the last day, not only of this month but of where you've been. It's time to cross over and be at peace.