But of course, you and I already know that. Lived reality shows us that in truth, evil persists in a struggle against God. There are times when history and nature and the human heart slip out of God s hands and into the potent forces of malignancy that oppose everything that God is reputed to uphold. The storm at the beginning of Mark s story represents the death-dealing evil which we know still stalks our world. It is raging in full force.
Lives are in danger.
According to Levenson s reading of Bible, so it is also with God. Whether slumbering and needing to be awakened, forgetful and needing goading, or small and weak and needing us to strengthen, God is not always on top of the job. And it is here that we learn of humanity s role. Our job, you see, is the same as the disciples on that boat. Our job is to wake God up, to rouse God back into action, to align ourselves with God and strengthen God with our own bodies.