Calming the storm
One of my favourite worship songs is Cornerstone – It’s the line that says...”Through the Storm, He is Lord, Lord of all” which moves me from a place of turmoil to a place of peace.
As I sit writing this I am feeling worried, anxious and sad… it’s 26 days until my daughter gets married. I’m stressed and tired, and instead of looking forward to the day, I cannot concentrate due to the family storm I find myself in and having to accept the part I have played in that.
So today I read Mark 4 verse 35 – 41:
That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.” Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?”
He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.
He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?”
They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!”
Today I am reminded of a time God spoke to me when I was in the middle of a storm. My son, Ross, was doing an apprenticeship and the placement had gone horribly wrong. I had been praying like mad and was afraid of what the outcome was going to be. I was sitting outside a church waiting to go into a meeting when my mobile rang, it was the college, “Great news, we have found another placement and Ross starts Monday!”. Not only was it a great local placement, we knew people there already and they all knew Ross – It was the perfect placement. I finished the phone call and leaned back into my car seat, breathed a huge sigh of relief and said “Thank you God so much for sorting this”. I wasn’t expecting a reply but the voice that came back made me turn round to see if Jesus was sitting behind me in the car, “Rebecca, I told you I would sort this”. Then the bit that made me wince, ”When are you going to learn to trust me?”, “I know, I know, - I’m sorry” was my reply. Well, here I am again, 10 years or so later doing it again… worrying, giving it to Jesus and then taking it back so I can worry about it a bit more!
Jesus is Lord of All, the wind and waves obey Him. He said to his disciples “Why are you afraid – do you still have no faith?”
Today and every day I am choosing to “Walk by faith not by sight” 2 Corinthians 5 v 7.
Today and every day I wholly trust in Jesus name; Christ alone, Cornerstone, Weak made strong in the Saviour's love Through the storm, He is Lord, Lord of all!
I cannot guarantee that I won’t need to read my own blog again and possibly even again but everyday I am going to trust Jesus and every day, even through the storms, I will Thank Him for being there for me and for bringing me that peace that only comes from Him.
