It's a storm...Hold on!

The last few services we’ve been hearing about storms from our Pastor. Listening to those sermons, I’m beginning to understand a few things. There are times God ask us to “go to the other side” knowing that to get there will require us going through a storm. It may be a situation that you have never been through before or it could be a situation you’ve faced many times. What ever the case…He wants you to face it head on.

However, I’ve noticed something about Jesus that I think we as followers sometimes miss. The bible says that he spoke to his disciples in parables. Well if he spoke in parables, don’t you think in some of His actions could have been lessons? Watch this.

Let’s look at the first storm the disciples encountered. Jesus says in Mark 4:35, “Let us pass over unto the other side”, which in my opinion is a direct command to his fellow travelers. When the storm arose they didn’t take into consideration the words Jesus spoke. So when they woke Him up to inform Him of the conditions, He scolded them for not having faith. Then He spoke to the very thing causing, for lack of a better word, mayhem. He spoke to the wind. An element you can’t see or touch, but you can feel its effects. He spoke to the cause and then commanded the affected area be still.

The next storm we read about in Mark says Jesus had to constrain or force the disciples into a ship. Now, I’m not sure about you, but Jesus having to force those guys on a ship was probably necessary. How many of you would want to get on a ship just after experiencing what they went through? Not very many! It’s no wonder He had to “constrain” them. And it’s almost funny because they experience yet ANOTHER STORM. It’s almost like he was messing with them. But it’s this storm that I think He shows them just “who” He is and the power He possessed.  It’s this storm that He walks on the water, rather walks on the affected area of the storm....See where I'm going?

See, the first storm He spoke to the wind or the cause and spoke peace to the affected area. This time He walked on the affected area. You see He had the power to control either one, the cause and the affect of the storm. It was only Peter that actually caught on and asked, “If it’s you bid me come”. Jesus told him to come on.

It’s only through Jesus that we can truly make it through the issues we’re facing. Peter didn’t sink until he looked at the cause and affect of the storm. He himself wasn’t affected until he took his eyes off of the true controller of both. It was through Jesus that Peter was able to himself walk on the affected areas that the storm touched.

Where are you in your storm? Are you hiding in the deck below, are you struggling with the ores trying to get the ship to shore or are you trusting in the one who controls the cause and can calm the affected areas of your storm?

If not, don’t you think it’s time you let go and call on the one who can speak peace? Try it and see what happens. Then let me know how things turn out.

Just my thoughts on a page…