| Jesus and storms [message #6962] |
Tue, 09 March 2010 15:13  |
 grandom
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A great devotional from David Wilkerson.
Jesus ordered his disciples into a boat that was headed for a collision. The
Bible says he “constrained [them] to get into a ship…” that was headed
for troubled waters where it would be tossed about like a bobbing cork. The
disciples would be thrust into a mini-Titanic experience—and Jesus knew it
all the time.
“And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to
go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away”
(Matthew 14:22).
Where was Jesus? He was up in the mountains overlooking that sea. He was there
praying for them not to fail the test he knew they must go through. The boat
trip, the storm, the tossing waves, the winds were all a part of a trial the
Father had planned. They were about to learn the greatest lesson they would
ever learn—how to recognize Jesus in the storm.
At this point, the disciples recognized him as the miracle worker, the Man who
turned loaves and fishes into miracle food. They recognized him as the friends
of sinners, the One who brought salvation to every kind of humanity. They knew
him as the supplier of all their needs, even paying their taxes with money from
a fish’s mouth.
They recognized Jesus as “the Christ, the very Son of God.” They knew he
had the words of eternal life. They knew he had power over all the works of the
devil. They knew him as a teacher, teaching them how to pray, to forgive, to
bind and to loose. But they had never learned to recognize Jesus in the storm.
This is the root of much of our trouble today. We trust Jesus for miracles and
healing. We believe him for our salvation and the forgiveness of our sins. We
look to him as the supplier of all our needs and we trust him to bring us into
glory one day. But when a sudden storm falls upon us and it seems like
everything is falling apart, we find it difficult to see Jesus anywhere near.
We can’t believe he allows storms to teach us how to trust. We are never
quite sure he is nearby when things get really rough.
There was only one lesson for the disciples to learn in this storm—only one!
A simple lesson—not some deep, mystical, earth-shattering one. Jesus simply
wanted to be trusted as their Lord in every storm of life. He simply wanted the
disciples to maintain their cheer and confidence even in the blackest hours of
trial. That’s all!
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| Re: Jesus and storms [message #7028 is a reply to message #6962] |
Thu, 08 April 2010 02:19  |
sparkles
Messages: 246
Registered: March 2008 |
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Thanks for sharing this Grandom, it is certainly encouraging.
Jesus has been so good to us to let us know He is right there with us, no matter how dark a situation may appear.
I very much enjoy Brother Wilkerson. Do you also listen to his message on the Times Square Church site? I do, and have been very blessed and refreshed by hearing the messages.
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