SATURDAY 12TH MARCH,2016

TOPIC: ARE YOU IN A STORM? (1)
TEXT: Matthew 8:24 “And suddenly a great tempest arose on
the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves. But He
was asleep”

Matthew records, ‘Jesus got into a boat, and His followers
(disciples) went with Him. A great storm arose…’ (v. 23-24).
In the Greek language the words ‘a great storm’ are one
word – seismos. A seismologist studies earthquakes and a
seismograph measures them. So the storm the disciples
were in must have shaken them to the core. There’s an
important lesson here. Getting on board with Jesus does not
mean you will never go through a storm. Jesus said, ‘…In the
world you will have tribulation…’ (John 16:33 NKJV). In spite
of God’s promise to protect and prosper us, you will still
have to deal with things like disease, lack, and fear. The
difference is: the unbeliever faces the storm without Christ,
but as a believer you go through the storm confident that all
will be well because Jesus is on board. Does that mean you
will never experience panic? If only it were so! But it isn’t.
Looking at the swelling waves and the sleeping Saviour, the
disciples asked, ‘…do You not care that we are
perishing?’ (Mark 4:38 NKJV). This is why fear is so deadly. It
corrodes your confidence in God’s goodness. It unleashes a
swarm of doubts. It deadens your recall. By this time the
disciples had witnessed Jesus ‘…healing all kinds of sickness
and all kinds of disease among the people’ (Matthew 4:23
NKJV). Fear creates a form of spiritual amnesia. It dulls your
miracle memory. It makes you forget what Jesus has done
and how good God is. That is why you must starve your
doubts and feed your faith on God’s Word, for faith is what
will take you through the storm. Faith cometh by hearing
and hearing the Word of God.

MEDITATION: 2 CHRON 20:1-17;PROV 29:25

STUDY THE BIBLE
MATT. 14:22-36/LEV 22 & 23/PROV 31