Friday, October 19, 2012

Jesus responded, "Why are you afraid? You have so little faith!" Then he got up and rebuked the wind and waves, and suddenly there was a great calm. 
Matthew 8:26

Make sure this is not something God would have to voice to you if He were face to face with you like He was with these men on the boat.  Faith is key to maturing in our walk.  Faith in Christ Jesus is trusting Him in all things despite our current circumstances. We have to see past what our natural eyes can see. These men could not see past the storm and were in fear of their circumstance and within moments the Lord calmed the waves and the storm passed. That was not the result of their faith, Jesus calmed the storm in spite of themselves to show them who He was. The Lord is not going to continue to reveal Himself to us that He is the Son of God. Faith is believing in something we cannot see therefore we trust in spite of the "obvious". That is believing in Christ. We too often are in His way, we are controlling, planning, moving pieces around in our daily lives without even asking Him if it is His desire or will. And then we scratch our heads when we are in the same spot six months later. I love when I read that God works when we rest but He is going to rest when we work. Get out of His way and let Him guide and lead you to the place He set forth for you. To know that someone plans and knows your future and wants nothing but the best for you and will lead you to it sounds like the perfect scenario and yet so many miss it. In fact the Lord declares it in Jeremiah 29:11 specifically that For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

So whatever it is you are facing or struggling with today, the Lords wants you to lay it down. He is at the helm of your boat and He will calm your storms. The rainbow of blessing will come after the rain if only you will believe in Him and be ready to receive it. Let go today and let God.