Facing the life storms with Christ

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Courage! It is the Lord
Courage! It is the Lord (Photo credit: Lawrence OP)
The parabolic ministry of the Lord Jesus was the fulfilment of the prophecy concerning the blinding of the nation of Israel, Isa. 6:9. This was done gradually and was not completed until AD 70 when the nation was finally destroyed by the Roman government.

Significantly, the multitude had been sent away and the command of the Lord was ‘pass over unto the other side’. His attention is now turned to the disciples and He is training them. They will be the ones to carry on His work after He is gone and the disciples had much to learn. This lesson was that when He gives the command there is nothing that can stop it being fulfilled.

There arose a mighty storm and the ship was about to sink. The ship was full as it had taken on a great deal of water. No amount of bailing was able to keep ahead of the storm. But the Lord Jesus was in the ship! Was this storm going to cause Him to drown? Was this storm going to cause His purpose to fail? Does He not care? We might imagine the headlines in the morning papers: ‘Jesus lost at sea’. Could a wave from the sea that He created capsize the boat? Could He and all the disciples have been lost? Such things could not happen!

How many times have the storms of our lives caused the same kind of reaction in us? We cannot handle the storm. It is too great for us. We are tired of bailing and the ship is full. It seems like the Lord is asleep! Does He not care? What do we do? We do what the disciples did. We cry out to Him and sometimes in the same kind of accusing tone the disciples used. And what does He do? He calms the storm in our lives or He calms us in the midst of the storm. In either case we are rebuked for our lack of faith.

When Jesus says we are going to the other side you can be sure we will get there. There is nothing out of His control. He is the Master of all!

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