On one of our many night flights to and from South Africa we were suffering from some air turbulence. This is quite common on the long flights over Africa. However on this occasion the turbulence was expected to be severe. The pilot announced to everyone that in 20 minutes time the turbulence would be very bad. Later he said that in 10 minutes the crew must have everything stowed away and they must be ready to take their seats; an unusual occurrence. All during this time I just kept praying, ‘Jesus, you are Lord over the storm. Jesus, you are Lord over the storm.’
All I can say is that 10 minutes later nothing happened. In fact 30 minutes later we were still flying quietly through the night. Jesus is indeed Lord of the storm. The disciples found that to be true as their boat hit a ‘furious squall’ so much so that waves nearly swamped the boat. Jesus was asleep in the back of the boat and the disciples, in panic, woke Jesus accusing him that he didn’t care. Jesus calmed their storm just as he calmed mine. The disciples saw Jesus rebuke the wind and the waves and it became calm. All I know is that my storm also became calm. There can be a real tendency when things are going badly and the storms of life hit us to believe that Jesus doesn’t care. That is a lie. He does care very much indeed about all that you are going through but he wants us to turn to him to calm the storm and not try and do it by ourselves. I could no more calm the air turbulence on that flight than the disciples could calm the furious squall but Jesus can. Today if you are facing a storm that feels like life is getting out of control, declare that Jesus is Lord over the storm and trust him to calm your storm. Jesus does care and he wants you to know that he is indeed Lord over your storm.
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