went with him. A great storm arose on
the lake so that waves covered the boat,
but Jesus was sleeping.
Matthew 8:23-24
Has Jesus ever failed to meet your expectations? His disciples believed
He would be crowned king, sit on a throne and rule the land. I feel positive
they also believed that as faithful followers, they would rule with Jesus. They
expected a war against Herod. They expected victory over Roman rule. They got
neither!
I like the way Max Lucado explains this in his book entitled In the Eye of the Storm. “Instead of weapons, they got oars. Rather than being sent
to fight, they were sent to float. The crowds were sent away. Jesus walked
away. And they were left on the water with a storm brewing in the sky.”
Jesus sent the disciples to the other side of the lake while He went up
the mountainside to pray. He knew the storm was coming, yet he sent his
disciples away; alone.
Like the disciples, I too have been in the eye of the storm wondering if
Jesus would save me. Hoping that He stood close by; watching. Hoping that I
would not drown in my sorrow before He reached His hand and pulled me to safety;
wondering. During that time, I realized that my crisis was not the storm raging
around me but the fear and anxiety raging in my heart.
Then one day, Jesus came walking on the water of my storm, spoke peace
be still and calmed my troubled soul. Perfect timing! Just when I knew that I
was not going to make it through the storm, the one who stores up the
lightening and gathers the storm clouds, who bottles the winds and calms the
waters came and spoke peace to my fearful anxious heart. The crisis remained,
but the storm was over!
I, like the disciples, thought I was alone in the storm. But just as the
disciples experienced, I found that in Christ I am never alone. Jesus used the
crisis of my storm to remind me of His love, grace and mercy.
If you are in the eye of the storm today, do not fear. Jesus is close
by— walking on the water. You are not alone in your storm.
©JP 2013
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