In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. (John 16:33)
Between yesterday’s deliverance and tomorrow’s dreams, we will be confronted by the unpredictable and inevitable storms of life. Jesus has promised us storms as the Lord of the storm. Now, these storms come in many different forms: disappointment and defeat; poverty and pain; sickness and sorrow; alienation and accusation. And more often than not, they come when we least expect them. But they come not to cause us to doubt God’s love, but to drive us into His presence to experience the depth of His love.
Storms are His servant’s sent to teach us how to surrender more and more of our lives to His control. Many people have a hard time seeing God as loving if He is the One sending storms. But it is because God is Love that He sends storms as His servants in the life-long process of our sanctification – growing in Christ-likeness. God sent a storm to retrieve His rebellious and run-away prophet Jonah. God sent a storm on the Sea of Galilee with all the disciples in a boat in order to see the omnipotent power of Jesus to calm it right before their eyes. The storms God sends are not designed to disrupt your life. But rather, they are designed to deliver you from the disruptions in your life distracting you from God.
So, what storm has God sent into your life today? Remember, your past is littered with one deliverance after another and your future is filled with dreams and desires. In the “in-between” you will face many storms that you think has been sent to break you, but when God brings you through the other side, you will know it was sent to make you. Here is something I once read that has stuck with me –
I asked God, “Why are you taking me through troubles waters?”
God replied, “It’s because the enemies chasing you can’t swim.”
May that truth set all of us free to find the Lord of the storm in every storm we face knowing God has promised to get us safely to our divine destination.
This is the Gospel. This is grace for your race. NEVER FORGET THAT . . . AMEN!
Grace for the Race 