" BE CALM HAVE NO FEAR "

How are you on this fine day, we have truly had some very warm days that will be remembered for years. It's my prayer, if you don't know the Lord as your personal Savior that you soon will. Lord help me not to forget you in my most stressful times and situations.

In the storms of life we must trust God and have no fear. Fear is an unpleasant and strong emotion caused by expectation or awareness of danger. Like Jesus was laying in the back of the boat sound asleep, so was Jonah sound asleep below deck. They both had a peace within, a calmness, tranquility that the average man does not possess.

Now, the sea of Galilee is an unusual body of water. It is relatively small (13 miles long, 7 miles wide), but it is 150 feet deep, and the shoreline is 680 feet below sea level. Sudden storms often appear over the surrounding mountains with little warning, stirring the water in violent 20-feet waves. " The disciples had not foolishly set out in a storm. They had been caught without warning, and their danger was great " (Matt. 8:24).

Although the disciples had witnessed many miracles, they panicked in this storm. As experienced sailors, they knew its dangers, what they did not know was that Christ could control the forces of nature. There is often a stormy area of our human nature where we feel God can't or won't work. When we truly understand who God is, we will realize that He controls both storms of nature and the storms of the troubled heart. Jesus' power that calmed this storm can also help us deal with the problems we face. Jesus is willing to help if we only ask Him. We should never discount His power even in terrible trials.

He said to them, " why are you afraid, you men of little faith? " Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it became perfectly calm.

Until Next Time...