The danger of safety

Luke 8:22 NDV (Napolian Dynamite Version)
On this one day Jesus went and got in this sweet boat so his followers followed him into the boat. Big J said, "Hey dudes why don't you fishing guys using your boating skills and take us across the lake." So they set sail. The sun and wind and the crowds were wearing him out like hand to hand combat with a pack of nunchuk toting ninjas so he took a snooze below deck. As quickly as sleep descended on J dog this killer storm descended on the lake. The winds were so strong J's followers had to hold tight on to the boat to not be blown overboard and at the same time the waves were filling the boat with water. Panic set in as the guys realized they couldn't bail the water out with the wind blowing and that if the boat kept filling with water it would soon sink. After trying everything they knew how to do to no avail, they woke up Jesus. "Dude the friggin boats about sink. Gosssshhhh!" Jesus not being a morning person pulled his comforter around him and waddled up on deck and yelled "KNOCK IT OFF!!!" Immediately as if they were listening to him the wind stopped and then the waves stopped too and the sun peaked out from behind the clouds. His followers eyes got as big as dinner plates of quesadillas. Waddling back toward his bed with his comforter still pulled tied around him he looked at them and said "WHAT?" Thaddaeus said, "Dude my friggin llama won't even do what I say, Fat lard."

It struck me today as I was reading this passage how Jesus' followers realized through this event that Jesus was God or at least really super tight with God. Jesus wasn't worried about the storm. As I was describing this passage to my wife it hit that the danger was what made them realize that they were with God. As a believer I believe, in my head, that God is with me, but no always do I believe that so much with my hands and feet and mouth. Much of modern fundamentalist faith is about safety and security, but those things protect us from God. It is when we are safe and secure that we don't need God. Jesus didn't position himself in places of safety and security and he promised his followers that they would not be safe or secure if they followed him. Safety is dangerous for us because it distances us from God. When the lake is calm we stand proudly on the deck with our hands on our waists and our chests pushed out. It is only during the storm that we get on our knees and hold on to whatever we can find.
So what am I saying then, that we should ask for storms? I don't know, but a belief system built around safety and security is killing us. It denies a Jesus who knowingly takes his followers into a deadly storm. It teaches me to think that I am closer to God on a clam day when I read my Bible than on a turbulent and uncertain day spent in tears.
I think safety is dangerous.