Jesus Calms Our Storms!

Greetings to all in the Name above all Names! Jesus Christ our Lord!

It is a beautiful day here in New Hampshire. It is cool this morning. About zero degrees Fahrenheit, which is -17.7 Celsius. However, this is warmer than it has been and the sun is shinning on the snow beautifully! God is so good! I will put a couple of pictures taken from my office so you can see! I know that many of you have never seen snow or ice. Do not feel sorry for us; just be in awe at what God can do. A month ago I was writing about the fierce ice storm we had that did so much damage. Today, life is back to normal and except for destroyed trees, you can hardly tell it happened.
Such are the storms of life. They too are passing.

This Sunday the text for my sermon in church was when Jesus and Peter walked on the water. What a wonderful Lord we have that He gives us these stories in His Word that we can rejoice in over and over. I am sure you are very familiar with this story in scripture. It is recorded in many of the Gospels. Here are a couple lessons that the Lord showed to me in this text. I was comforted again by Him, so I will attempt to share these with you. Due to lack of space on this blog, I will have to be very short.

Jesus constrained the disciples to get into the boat. He told them to get aboard. They obeyed. They were in His will. If they had disobeyed, they would not have gone into the boat; therefore they would have been outside of His will.

Now they were out in the middle of the sea. A storm came up! It was fierce, and the disciples were afraid. We also have storms that come up in our lives. We have fear, we worry. The sea here was the big problem the men in the boat were having. The sea was raging. It was a huge problem for them. What happened? The Lord Jesus came to them walking on the sea! He walked the problem that they were having. He had their troubles and problems under His feet! He is able to do the same for us. Scripture says: Psalm 8:6 (KJV)
Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
This is stated in Ephesians and Corinthians as well in similar words.

All things are under his feet. The disciples in the boats problems were under His feet. When we turn to him in faith, our problems are also put under His Feet! What a joy that is! Our worst problems, fears, doubts, troubles, turmoil, everything, He is able to put under is feet. He is in control! Dear Reader, lay hold of this by faith. Put all your trust in Him for he cares for you!

Remember that the disciples got into the boat because Jesus told him to go. Let us also be obedient to His word! Jesus went up into the mountain to pray. Even when we are Christians, we will have storms in life. We all do. But does Jesus forget? Did He forget the disciples in the boat? No never! He was in the mountain praying for them! He cared for them so deeply. He also cares for us so much. Today He is as it were up on a mountain. He is up in Heaven on the right hand of God praying for us! He sees us. He cares for us! He is listening to our prayers. He knows how we are doing, and He wants the best for us! Let us remember to turn to Him in prayer often. He taught us to Pray by example even as we see in this story. Also, He is inside every believer today in the form of the Holy Spirit! What a comfort to have Him that close when the storms of life rage. Hebrews 13:5 (KJV)
……for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. What a wonderful Savior we have! I wish we had room for more from this wonderful portion of scripture. You can find it in Mathew 14:22-33 and other places!

May each of us allow our Lord Jesus to calm our storm this week!!