Storms Come to Pass

"That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.” Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?” He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm. He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?” They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!” Mark 4:35-41 NKJV

Storms are coming one after another in everyone's life. Some are huge and serious, or mild. It comes not only physically but also mentally and spiritually. It comes and affects our lives a great deal at times. But thank God that the storms never stay but will pass and be remembered no more. It may take a while but will pass for sure.

What’s the point? The point the Lord Jesus Christ teaches is that we may hang tight during the storms' attack. Just hang in there! How can we do that? Is it possible to hang tight as if nothing happens? Yes, it is possible not in us but in Jesus Christ our Lord. As Hebrews tells us, we fix our eyes on Jesus Christ, the pioneer and perfecter of faith in the midst of storms. That's it! We fix our eyes on Jesus Christ who endured the cross for the joy that was set before Him (Hebrews 12:2).

We have hope and anchor in Jesus Christ the Lord because we know that the storms we go through teach us something that we may not learn otherwise. What did the disciples learn through the furious storm? When they witnessed that the violent waves and winds obeyed immediately to the command of Jesus Christ, they were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!” They were gripped with fear and trembling unto Jesus Christ.

In this way, our Lord Jesus Christ impressed His unforgettable image into their hearts, even bones. Just like the twelve disciples, we are very slow to learn. I am not an exception at all. Through many stormy events in my life, Jesus Christ the Lord has taught that I do not have what it takes in me and I am not my own but was bought at a price. The greatest truth the Lord Jesus Christ has taught me is "Christ in me, the hope of glory."

I may get hold of the fact that Jesus indwells within me by means of the Spirit. So when I am subject to Him completely, He let the appropriate power loose to fulfill His promise through me. It means practically the death of me (denying myself). Then the new life empowered by the resurrection of Jesus Christ is made loose to overcome the storms of life. The dependence and reliance through full submission to the Lord Jesus Christ is the key to life. So, we continually deny ourselves to fix our eyes on Jesus Christ who overcome the world.