How Are You Responding to Your Storm?!

Mark 4:35-41
New International Version (NIV)

Jesus Calms the Storm

35 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!”

This is such a great scripture! Each and every single one of us will go through a storm in our lives. I heard my youth pastor say once that there are 3 types of people in this world; someone who has just came out of a storm, someone who is in a storm and someone who is about to go through a storm. This is very true. The title of this post is

How Are You Responding to Your Storm?!

These guys were in a storm. Look at how they called out to Jesus, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?” Have you ever felt like that? I know there has been times in my life where I have. Here recently someone who is in a specific situation with me told me, more than once, the same thing. We're drowning! We're sinking! We're going under!! It was such a hopeless, helpless cry. We are in the same boat, going through the same storm, but we have different perspectives on it.

There difference, Jesus.

You see there is absolutely nothing wrong with calling out to God. We are supposed to do that, but we're also supposed to know who is in the boat with us. 

Today, our challenge is to switch up our perspective. Have you ever heard "You can't see the forest for the trees"? We must have the knowledge to understand that we can only see the trees and the faith to know that our lives are in the hands of the one who can see the entire forest!

Let us be awakened to all that God has for us and is trying to do through and in us!

~Awaken Us~

Brenna Stanford