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Wednesday... He knows what we are and will be going through.


Wednesday... He knows what we are and will be going through.

He really does.

The writer, Luke in chapter 8:22-25 (NLT) in his book tells us of an experience that shows this to be true.

He writes, "One day Jesus said to his disciples, 'Let's cross to the other side of the lake.'" Now He knew what was going to happen but they didn't. He knows what is going to happen in your life today. "So they got into the boat and started out. As they sailed across, Jesus settled down for a nap." He knew that He could handle what was going to happen. That is called faith. 

"But soon a fierce storm came down on the lake. The boat was filling with water, and they were in real danger." Now understand, Jesus was in the boat and there still was a fierce storm. He may be in your life but fierce storms still come. They do.

Verse 24, "The disciples went and woke him, shouting," We do a lot of shouting when bad stuff happens, don't we? We lose control even with Him in our life, in our boat. Here is what they said to Him, "Master, Master, we're going to drown." That sounds like us when we are in deep water even when He is in our boat. We too many times lose it when bad stuff happens.

So what did He do? "When Jesus woke up, he rebuked the wind and the raging waves. Suddenly the storm stopped and all was calm." That's what He did. But verse 25 says, "Then he asked them, 'Where is your faith?'" And in so many different storms in our lives, He could ask us the same question, couldn't He?

Remember, He knows what we are and will be going through today. And we need to really have faith that He can handle whatever is coming our way. "Then he asked them, 'Where is your faith?'"

Now this is a good statement. "The disciples were terrified and amazed." We too can be terrified and amazed with what is happening around us and what He does through us in those situations. Our faith helps with the terrified and turns it into amazed, doesn't it? 

"The disciples were terrified and amazed. 'Who is this man?' they asked each other. 'When he gives a command. even the wind and waves obey him.'" When we look back on our days we too can marvel at what He has done and what we have gone through. 

If we have a relationship with Him then we need to realize that He knows what we are and will be going through. And we need to have faith that He has the ability to take care of the situation through us and that maybe He is taking us through it to show us that we can make it with Him in our boat. Remember, "When he gives a command. even the wind and waves obey him." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


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