When Jesus woke up, he rebuked the
wind and said to the waves, “Silence! Be still!” Suddenly the wind stopped, and
there was a great calm. Then he asked them, “Why are you afraid? Do you still
have no faith?” - Mark 4: 39
IT took the calm ripples of the
ocean lapping the shore at Gordon's Bay to turn my thoughts to Jesus and His words
that rebuked the howling wind and waves and restored calm. Theirs was a storm
of nature but storms come in many forms. And my reminder was that when life and
its storms of controversy and its raging currents of fear are thrashing around
us, He can still command the things of your world to "Be still" if
you ask Him to speak peace into your life. Whatever is causing our anxiety, it gives
us two options - to panic, or to resist fear and put our faith in Him. He wants
us to confess our fear to him, and trust him to rebuke the raging storms and restore
great calm.
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