Have you ever had a day like that day on the lake?
"On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let’s go over to the other side.” Leaving the multitude, they took him with them, even as he was, in the boat. Other small boats were also with him. A big wind storm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so much that the boat was already filled. He himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion, and they woke him up, and told him, “Teacher, don’t you care that we are dying?”
He awoke, and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” The wind ceased, and there was a great calm. He said to them, “Why are you so afraid? How is it that you have no faith?”
They were greatly afraid, and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?” Mark:35-41
It was one of those days when everything was going wrong, but the guy you really wanted sympathy from, didn't even notice there was a problem! Fear is a great and terrible force. It motivates us to make all kinds of decisions. Decisions we will most likely regret when we come back to our senses.
Our one weapon against fear is the knowledge of who Jesus really is, who we are in relation to him... and the power he possesses. Can you imagine? One minute your are in a panic! The next... you find out who Jesus really is and all you can do is worship.
