Our young Pastor is soooooo good...and
right on target too. Seems to know just what I am thinking, or working
thru...(think it might be the Holy Spirit? Me thinks so!!) Greg,
so it might have something to do with you and yours?
Well since this is our thing that we
seem to be walking thru, you and me, and all the rest of 'those
guys'....I am listening to the Holy Spirit....and trying to take it in as He
reveals it to me.
Our Pastor always amazes me, in the
wonderful way he takes us to a subject you have traveled to before, and
puts a new truth on the old truth.
Today it was "Fear
and Love". Right out of Mark ch 4 where we have been for a few
weeks.
The disciples (and a few boatloads of
others following Jesus) had been with Jesus as He taught from a boat, on
the shores of Galilee, and after teaching, He sent them away, and said to
the disciples, let's go to the other side. During the night up came
a big storm, a big one! After rowing for hours and losing ground, taking
on water, they thought they were going to drown!!
Where was Jesus?...Where? Asleep in the
boat...sleeping away, on a pillow (it said) not a care in the world, or
in the sea specifically. They woke him up and said, "Don't you care?
Master…that we are going to drown?"
He was the miracle worker, He had
healed diseases, raised some from the dead, cast out demons....But
here was a very desperate situation...hopeless, something they had no control
over....He is right there....but he is asleep....sleeping when they were in so
much trouble...they'd rowed all night and were getting N O WHERE!
They might not have been able to fathom
how a miracle worker would handle this situation, but He could at least wake up
and bail water faster than they could, maybe..."Wake up and be
afraid with us! Help us at least get to the other side."
Oh, you silly kids, He might have said,
I created all this....PEACE...He said.....and the sea became as
still as a sheet of glass....there was not enough wind as to flutter an eye
lash. He just BREATHED the word peace....and it was done!!
D O N E !!
Nothing is out
of Jesus control, NOTHING!! (remember He spoke the world into
existence? What breath!)
Why are we afraid, why were they
afraid?..... We do not have faith! We cannot grasp the fact
that He is God. Just like they couldn't
grasp it. Then... they became VERY afraid of WHO Jesus was, it sez, 'What
manner of man is this that even the winds and waves obey Him? WHO Is HE?
Right now, I am afraid, because I
have dared to say, 'Jesus, where are you?
Are you asleep? Don't you care if
we perish? When are you going to do
something about Greg's situation? I am asking this of THE MIGHTY and HOLY
GOD...Who spoke the worlds into existence, says peace be still to the roaring
wind and waves...
Then...our precious pastor takes us to
Genesis Ch 1 vs 2...one version sez...'the earth was without form and void, and
darkness was on the face of the deep and the Spirit of the Lord hovered over
the waters.' So when I say, ”God where are you?” He
answers....'Hovering, my Child, hovering over you, all is in control, I
am near, very near...I have told you repeatedly, I will NEVER leave you nor
forsake you....you can trust me; I AM the great I AM.
He is hovering over us with complete
power and authority. The Presence of God has dominion over what the
world calls chaos, the raging of the wind and the sea. We realize
how un-holy we are because of His Holiness...what will it take to bring us to
the end of ourselves? If you don't trust Christ....YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO
FEAR!! The disciples were starting to get it....they were VERY afraid.
Father, help us to get it...help us to
keep coming to the foot of the cross. Keep on coming, keep on
loving, help me/us be stunned by your love! My prayer is for
us to really trust you and leave all the problem solving to You. As they
say, ' I am giving it to God and going to bed, He is going to be up all night
anyway!’
So look up! Hang in there! Hang
on tight to His hand, and we'll see you here, there or in the air!!
See y'all in the Morning,
Nanny
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