"It's a ghost!" and cried out in fear. But Jesus quickly spoke to them, "Have courage! It is I. Do not be afraid." Matthew 14:27
The disciples had rowed out to sea as obedience to Jesus' command. The storm arose and they could not find their Savior to rescue them. Jesus had gone up to the mountaintop to be with His Father. The disciples sat perched in the boat, white knuckled and terrified, but where was their Savior? He had spoken the waters still at other times - He knew they were out in the boat under the dark seas! Where was their Savior? When Jesus walked towards them upon the water they didn't even recognize Him. They immediately decided it was something harmful and nothing to do with deliverance.
When we are being tossed by our storms is the miracle you are pleading for limiting Jesus to the point to where you may not recognize the deliverance? We must allow Him to be God and deliver us from our storms in His manner - not our own manner.
Look for God in the eye of the storm!
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How many times do we cry out in fear of things which we do not have control over, but yet fear drives us toward an unhealthy condition, both physical and emotionally.
Too many times we fail to recognize, just as the disciples, that Jesus is right there for us. He walks with us, talks with us, hears our pleas, and lifts us up. When we look back the footprints we see in the sand are His because He was carrying us over the storms of our lives.
Thank you Lord Jesus for your courage to provide us a way to have eternal life, and enjoy you forever.
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