And
he saith unto them, why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose,
and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. But the men
marveled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and sea obey
him!
If I asked you, have you ever experienced any wind or storms
in your life? You will say yes, but if I asked you, have you ever rebuked that
wind or storm? I wonder what your response would be. The terms “wind” and
“storms” are used to symbolize chaos. The truth is we all face different types
of wind or storms in our various fields of life on a daily basis. It can be as
small as a headache or as big as you have no place to sleep, but the fact still
remains that we all have different gravities of challenges in life. Usually,
there is no schedule attached to these storms, it just comes like that, but we
have to be prepared, and to do that, we have to equip ourselves with the word
of God. So we should ask ourselves the same question. Jesus asked the disciples
which is “WHY ARE WE FEARFUL?” It says in Exodus 14:14-
The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
Certain times, those storms are allowed: (a) by God - because
it is all for our experience and maturity (b) because Satan activated them, but
the amazing part is that you will handle it by the authority given to you to
rebuke the storm and not to keep quiet (c) because we provoked it all by our
attitude, the good part is that we have a way out, we just need to confess our
sins and repent of our shortcomings. In all of those things or storms, the
remedy and hope always is JESUS. So always remember Him in those moments. 1Peter5:7- Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for
you. So stop murmuring why me, instead speak to that storm because you
have authority in your mouth. Do not keep quiet. Isaiah26:3-
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he
trusteth in thee. So I tell you, no matter the magnitude of that ugly
situation, it will cease with great calmness in Jesus name.
PRAYER POINTS:
1. Oh Lord,
please increase our faith to rebuke every ragging storm around us despite the
magnitude, in Jesus name.
2. Father, we
decree great CALMNESS in that issue of concern now, in Jesus name.
3. Oh Lord,
may we enjoy the peace that passeth all human understanding, in Jesus name.
ACTION QUOTE: Do you know that all your storms of life are over because Jesus
is in your boat?
I was reading this week about storms and the passage says Jesus rebuked the wind which was the root cause of the storm. Sometimes we focus on the storm and leave the root cause of that issue. May the Lord help us identify and deal with the root cause life's storms
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