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WHAT WOULD YOU DO DIFFERENTLY?

TEXT :  Mark 4:38

But He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow. And they awoke Him and said to Him, "Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?"

We are often tempted to judge people while we read their stories or watch them on Television for having not acted or reacted well to a given scenario.

The disciples of our Lord Jesus Christ reacted in a fearful manner as they were faced with the danger of ship-wreck. They were faced with death more or less. They saw their whole life and mission coming to an end even when Jesus was in their boat. They reacted as though the Son of God was neither in their boat nor capable of delivering them from the boisterous windstorm and the shipwreck.

As they ran to Jesus who was sleeping in the stern,, they woke him hurriedly saying, "Do you not care that we are perishing?" They asked this question because they expected Jesus to  have woken up by the noise of the wind and the turbulence of their boat. 

They felt that Jesus should have known  what they were going through even though He was sleeping in the stern of the boat.

It is the same situation today. *That  you've got Jesus in your boat (life), does not in any way exempt or immune you from tribulations or troubles.* Jesus once affirmed this in John  16:33 saying,  "These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world."

The question the Lord is asking you today is that, "what would you have done differently, if you were the one in the sinking boat of life?"

Are you also  experiencing turbulence on the sea of life? 

What has your reaction been like towards your Saviour who is keeping His calm in your boat, in the face of the raging sea?

Would you also run to Jesus to ask if He cared about your safety and deliverance, or you will simply maintain your calm and ask for his intervention or you would rather rebuke the wind in His name?

One thing is sure today for every genuine child of God whom God is dwelling in his temple; the LORD knows about the struggles, pains and tribulations. 

Yes! He knows about what you are going through. The only thing the LORD is yet to be sure of is your unwavering Faith in Him in the face of troubles, and challenges.

 *Prayer Focus* 

1.) Father, I receive the grace to always keep my calm and focus on YOU even in the face turbulence and troubles.

*Bible Reading:* 

Mark 4: 35-41.

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