He Calms Your Storms

“When He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him. And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being covered with the waves; but Jesus Himself was asleep. And they came to Him and woke Him, saying, ‘Save us, Lord; we are perishing!’ He said to them, ‘Why are you afraid, you men of little faith?’ Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it became perfectly calm. The men were amazed, and said, ‘What kind of a man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?’” Matthew 8:23-27

Jesus came to earth as God in the flesh. He didn’t have to take on the form of humanity, but did. He momentarily laid aside His eternal glory in order to identify with the needs of sinful man. No one knows the personal loss nor the private pain that Jesus suffered. Wherever He traveled, storm clouds gathered. Wherever He spoke, political unrest ensued. For every person that joined His fleeting band of disciples, hundreds more turned against Him.

Christ could have focused on the storms that tore at His mind and heart. Instead, He chose to calm the stormy lives of others - a Roman centurion whose servant was dying, a young man bound by demonic oppression, a woman caught in adultery, a crippled beggar, a man born blind, and a Pharisee who came to Him hidden by night’s cover.

Even when the storms grew to overwhelming proportions, Jesus did not waver in His faith. He never lost sight of His eternal purpose. Dying on the cross, He offered salvation to the thief being crucified beside Him. When the storm clouds gather in your life, remember Jesus personally understands your pain and suffering. And there is never a time when you are beyond His loving grasp.

“Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but...to give His life a ransom for many.” Matthew 20:28