Worth Remembering

This weekend Pace Hartfield spoke in church.  His sermon was one that I have already been sharing with friends who are going through rough spots in the road.  It was very encouraging! 
I wanted to just jot down my notes here as not to forget.

The scripture he shared was out of the New Testament when Jesus and his disciples were traveling in a boat, going from one place to the next.  Exhausted from speaking and ministering,  Jesus went to sleep, and while asleep a huge storm came up.  In the middle of this storm they went to wake Jesus up. Having to shake him, their reaction was - "don't you care that we are all about to die out here?"  Jesus stood up, and just basically told the wind and waves to "Be Quiet!" Or "Peace - Be still."   - Immediately the storm was gone and the water was calm.

In the middle of every storm we face is the lie that Jesus doesn't care about what we are going through.  If we can be convinced that God doesn't care, then we will doubt his goodness. It dings our faith. 
God never promised us that we wouldn't have storms, the disciples were drenched from this storm - they were thinking they were going to die because of it. The storm just may well drench you but it will not destroy you!  When they recognized that Jesus was able to command the storm, it rocked their world quite a bit, saying to each other - Who is this man, that even the wind and the sea obeys Him? 
This story reminds  me not to look at the waves but to trust in knowing I serve the Maker of those waves around me, and in the middle of it - my prayer will change things, He can stand up and command Peace to come  - and it will.  As quickly as it came the storm can leave!  All because of the Words Jesus spoke.  All of that to say - know that Jesus does care, when you ask - he hears, and He will answer!  He hasn't left the boat, he is right in there with you!
Take Back your faith!