Or should I say, “the glory of it all”? In either case it’s exciting to be in the middle of what God is doing.
I remember a few years ago my boat left us stranded in the middle of the lake. It has only done that once actually. Every single time I’ve had my boat in the water it has made it’s way back home under it’s own power. Except this time. It was fun…we were wakeboarding and then the boat died. Not a huge deal cause it had done that before. So we made some sandwiches and hung out for a while. In the meantime a pretty cool line of storms were showing up on the horizon. That’s no problem cause they were a ways off and they wouldn’t have been there for a few hours…so we thought.
After an hour or so we decided that just hanging out was not the wisest course of action and that it was time to paddle the boat back to the dock. That wasn’t a huge deal because the dock was in sight and a relatively easy row. The storm hit us when we were just a few hundred meters from the dock. Once it hit us we just couldn’t fight it’s power. We tried, believe me we tried. All we could do was just let the storm take us where it wanted. That just happened to be into a cove where we would nearly be struck by lightning, and where we would find help from the fire department. It was an adventure.
During this experience there were different people that were on the boat. There were people that made sandwiches for others. There were those who barked out orders to fix the situation. There were those that complained, and have never been on a boat since I think. There were those who were pretty relaxed through the whole deal, smiling as each moment dealt it’s hand.
I wonder how the disciples felt while Jesus slept during the storm. I mean ultimately God sent the storm that frightened them so much in the first place, so logic would dictate that it was in God’s plan, and ultimately so that they could learn a valuable truth about Jesus. Maybe one of the reasons we have that account in scripture is just so we have the story to give God glory for.
In my life I’m about to go through a storm. I’m watching the horizon and seeing the clouds get darker…and I’m excited about it. I really am. I have days where I’m pretty nervous about what is ahead, but there are other days where I’m honored to be on the boat with Jesus. I mean really…think about it. I could be on the shore where it’s safe. I could be next to a camp fire with some fish and some bread. Instead I get to be next to Jesus. Any minute now He’s going to get up and calm the wind and the waves and it’s going to be pretty cool. The clouds will part, the sun rays will come through the clouds and it’ll be one of the more memorable moments of my entire life. But for now, I’m okay with taking a nap in the boat as we get tossed next to Jesus. For now I’m going to appreciate the size of the waves and the strength of the wind. I know that He is in control. Even the wind and the waves obey Him.
Pray for the storm that you are in, and for those around you that are in storms as well. To God be the glory for the storms in our lives!
Ride On
Alf
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