Sail Through Your Storm
Is there a stormy situation that you are going through today ?
Think of all the possible storms that’s around in your life. We will be lying if we say we don’t have any stormy situation at all. Now, this sermon comes as a rem inder that we are still not destroyed and that’s the very reason we are able to answer the above question.
What’s our decision about how we are going to handle the storm?
Simply, sail forward. Keep your faith on, steer your wheels through, this too will pass away. The Lord will come through for you. He will take you ashore safely.
No Storm is big enough to stop Jesus from coming through for you.
This is the only reason that should boost your faith in constant sailing forward in knowing that Jesus is right there with you in the storm.
Are storms good for us? How can it be ever?
Whether it’s good or not, it does pave way for us to build in faith. It keeps us focussed on God. Storms can never be pleasant but they do give birth to certain benefits in our lives, starting from being engulfed in fresh faith for survival in that storm to believing for complete restoration. Irrespective of what kind of a storm you are in, one thing that you can be sure of is, the Lord has a purpose in allowing that storm in your life.
Certain Stormy Situations as quoted in the Bible. Let’s learn deep truths from them.
Storm 1 - Mat 8:23-27 - Fear of the Situation
Journey starts with JESUS on the boat. He is very much around fully well capable of taking the disciples to the other shore. It is Jesus who initiated the journey. If the journey ends destructively in a mere storm at the sea, then there is no point of JESUS making this journey plan or even His presence with the disciples on the boat. Can that happen at all? Never. Never never. The one who initiated your journey knows how to take you safe to the shore. What we should learn from this account is, the peace that was inside JESUS was so great that it subdued the peace-less situation around. Peace that Jesus carried inside was the effect of the assurance of the FATHER’s presence with Him. When you have that assurance, fear has to flee and the surpassing peace has to start working even during the times of your storm.
Storm 2 - Mat 14:22-27 - Fear about the solution
Journey was ordered by JESUS who wasn’t on the boat. Jesus directed the disciples to go on a journey to the other shore. Jesus was not in the boat. But here the storm strikes again. But Jesus who wasn’t physically around was still able to know what His disciples were going through. He was able to sense the difficulty that they were battling with. He immediately comes through for their help. Jesus came walking on the stormy waters, Jesus made a bold statement by that very gesture. He proved to them that He is sovereign over any storm and has control over it. But the disciples feared just on seeing Him. Sometimes, we too fear about the solution that approaches us. Just let Jesus get in to our boat, the storm will calm.
Storm 3 - Acts 27:10,22,25,42,43 & Acts 28:8,9 - Ship may be destroyed but we won’t be.
In spite of being really hit by the storm, in spite of hav
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