Psalms 107:25,29
« He spoke, and stirred up a tempest that lifted high the waves of the sea…He stilled the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed. »
MEDITATION:
In Ancient times, the people of the kingdom of Axum(living on the edge of the Red sea in the current Ethiopia) has found that: they could take advantage of the fierce winds of the monsoon to quickly navigate to the sail.
Instead of dreading the high winds and heavy rains, they have learned to navigate in the storm.
Psalm 107 illustrates wonderfully well the fact that God allows the storms to blow over our lives and gives us a suite for the help we need to get through: « for He commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind […] and he saveth them out of their distresses »(v. 25,28).
Hebrews 11 lists many people who have taken advantage of their problems to exercise their faith and to taste the grace, the generosity and the deliverance of God: « By faith they conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, won strength out of weakness of their disease, became mighty in war, turned to flight the armies of the aliens » (v. 33,34). The situations stormy are inevitable. Although we may have the first reaction to run away from the problem, we have the opportunity to ask God to teach us to rely on him to guide us through the storm.
It is better to weather the storm with Christ than to sail in calm waters without him.
PRAYER:
Lord our God, let us keep trust in You in difficult situations.
It is in the precious name of your son Jesus Christ that we pray.
Amen.
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