Daily Devotional for Tuesday September 21, 1999

Are You Looking At The Storms In Your Life

Here on the west coast of Florida, everyone was preparing for a major tropical depression to come through our area this morning. We were expecting 50 mph winds, a lot of rain, and much damage. As the night turned into day, the sun came up, the skies were blue, and the air calm. Not the scene the people of this area expected. The anticipated storm was instead a beautiful calm sunny Florida morning.

I share this with you because today, in many of your lives, you are expecting the worst. You see the high winds of problems and the torrential rains of worry overtaking your life. All around you it looks as if the storm clouds are preparing to unleash their worst damage. It reminds me of the passage in the Bible when Jesus and His disciples were in the boat, and the seas were rough and the waves coming into the boat. The disciples were overtaken with fear and thinking they might not make it through the storm. Where was Jesus? He was sleeping in the back of the boat. When His disciples woke Him, fearing they might die, He looked at them and questioned their faith before calming the seas around them.

Today, I want to question your faith. Are you looking at the storms in your life? Or are you looking at the one who can calm the storms? Is your faith in what you can see? Or are you putting your trust in the One who has promised to never leave you or forsake you? Let me encourage you my friend. No matter how bleak the picture may look. No matter how overpowering the circumstances in your life may appear. Today, Jesus is there to calm those storms and to give you peace. The same Jesus that caused the sun to shine in Florida this morning instead of the storm damage everyone expected...is the same Jesus that can cause the sun to shine in the circumstances of your life today!