Friends, things maybe a little rough right now...situations..circumstances.... It is not entirely unreasonable for those who want to be followers of Jesus to think that becoz He is in the boat suffering will not arise. But suffering does come, and the wind roars around and the sky turns black, and the storm of all storms appears to envelop all in darkness and terror. Jesus, don’t you care that we are perishing? becomes an incredulous for all who would wish for immunity from the troubles of life. But Jesus’s answer reminds us in Mark 4 that faith does not insulate us from life’s storms. “Faith…has little to do with our doctrines or even with our belief that Jesus could come up with a miracle if he would only pay attention. Faith has everything to do with seeing that…the Savior is on board“ In the midst of difficult and often unending questions about our suffering, Jesus is there in the midst of the storm of doubt, in the tumultuous waves of despair, in the gale-force winds of defeat. He rests in the assurance of God’s care in the storm. His presence with the disciples in the storm tells us more about who he is—neither removed from suffering, nor always preventing suffering—then why we suffer. “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?” #presson#
Posted on: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 00:21:33 +0000
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