What Is Your Storm?
Adapted from Steve Browns in the God Life devotional.
"What is your storm? Maybe it’s a struggle with cancer, a broken marriage or a painful loss. In Matthew 14, Jesus’ disciples were in a tough storm of their own--scared and unsure.
Before we go on, I want you to notice the reason the disciples were in a storm in the first place. They did what Jesus told them to do. Frankly, that doesn’t seem right to me. We’ve been taught that when we’re faithful, things will go well. That is a lie. Sometimes when you’re faithful, things go wrong.
Your storm is not an accident. God is in control of it. He has a reason for your storm and even though you may not know the reason right now, when it is finished, it will be finished. Whatever your storm, there is a God-given script.
Your storm has a beginning and an end. It is under the total control of God and you really can trust Him.
If you’re facing a real storm right now and if you’re like me, you may believe that you did something wrong. And if you could just do something right, then the storm would end. The truth is your storm may be the result of doing something right.
Peter thought about God’s faithfulness in the past. And because he knew the God of the past, he could trust the God of the present. Has God ever let you down? Write down his times of faithfulness and remember them, like Peter, because you have known the God of the past, you can trust the God of the present and the God of the future."
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