We are currently in the heart of hurricane season.  People respond very differently to hurricanes I have noticed.  Some particularly, long time Floridians tend to not worry too much until the hurricane gets pretty close.  Others start buying up water and canned goods when one forms off the coast of Africa.  The reality is that hurricanes are strong and powerful and certainly can cause a lot of damage.  The storms that pop up in life can be the very same way.  The good news is that we serve a God who can calm the storms that life throws at us.  Let’s look together today at Mark 4. 

That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.” 36 Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. 37 A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. 38 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?” 39 He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm. 40 He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?”41 They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!”

While in this instance Jesus is calming an actual weather related storm, He regularly calms storms in our life as well.  Just like he was with the disciples He is always with us as well.  We can call out to Him when life’s waves and winds feel like too much.  Sometimes He calms them down and other times He is simply with us to comfort us as we ride out the storm.  No matter what you are facing today Jesus is with you.  Hold on to that truth and you can ride out whatever storm you are facing.

In His Grip,
Pastor Dave