One of my favorite worship songs by an artist called Leeland, song - Beautiful Lord goes like this,
" When the storm is raging all around me ... You are the peace that calms my troubled sea ... and when the cares of this world darken my day ... You are the Light that shines and shows me the way".
We all have experienced "troubled seas". We all have allowed the "cares of this world to darken/clutter our days". We're human. We all try to be strong, but deep down ... we're weak. We carry heavy burdens, we experience weary, and we worry about things we can not control and things the future holds, that we can not see.
So what are we to do? What should we do? What do you do in the midst of the storm? Panic? Doubt? Worry? Try to be the hero, and save our day?
There is not a "cookie cutter" answer to that question, but in reality there is.
The answer is FAITH. Faith in whom? Faith in God's love and care -- Jesus. Faith in Jesus ...
In the bible if you look at many of the healings Jesus performed, you'll find a re-occurring theme. "Faith". Many people had faith that Jesus could heal them, and by their faith in Him, they were healed. Jesus desires our "faith in Him", so that He can help us or heal us.
Usually when we're in the storm, it's only natural to fear; we become afraid. And if this is a storm out at sea, and the wind is roaring, tossing our boat around like a rag doll, and the waves are gigantic, continually crashing on our ship, and its night out, so we can't see anything ... how do we feel? We often feel alone in the storm ... for we are the one's traveling through it, and because we so often rely on "sight" and "feeling", well its hard to keep it together when things don't "look" so good" and therefore we don't "feel" so hot.
What should we do in the storm? How should we be? We must remember that His love never fails; That He cares for us.
In Mark 4:35-41, After a long day of teaching, Jesus said to his disciples, "Let us go over to the other side (of the lake - the lake was several miles long, and known to have wild storms due to environmental conditions). Leaving the crowd behind, they took Jesus along, just as he was (exhausted most likely, for he is fully human as well as fully God), in the boat. There were other boats with him. A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, "Teacher, don't you care if we drown?".
So Jesus got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, "Quiet! Be still!". Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.
He said to his disciples, "Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?"
They were terrified and asked each other, "Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!"
In the midst of the storm, we might think Jesus is asleep at the wheel, but the truth is He's right there with us. He is in control, He cares for us, and we need not fear. He desires our faith ... so in the midst of the storm "Have Faith", for the Love of Jesus has the ability to carry us through the storm and even to "calm our troubled sea".
Do not be afraid, Have Faith in the Love of Jesus. He can calm the storm and His care can give you peace in the midst of your "troubled sea".
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