So Hanna is on her way towards us. Better stop by the store this afternoon, before the crowds, and get some water and batteries, and make sure that generator works!
Here at CCW, we are watching the storm tracker closely, and changing things as needed (we will not be holding our cookout this Sunday, bummer!). As well, we’ll be notifying our men to be ready to lend a helping hand to anyone in the body that has a need.
Storms come and go here in the coastal Carolina’s. Some are worst than others, but afterwards we pick up the pieces, clear the debris, patch the roof, and we move on with life. The storms become a distant memory.
But storms can come into our personal life as well. Death, division, financial stress, marital conflict; and we should be prepared for those as well. Instead of batteries and water, our preparation is prayer, the word of God, and FAITH.
In Mark 4, the disciples encountered a storm while at sea (the worst place to be!):
And they awoke Him and said to Him, "Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?" Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace, be still!" And the wind ceased and there was a great calm. But He said to them, "Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?" Mark 4:39-40
What is Jesus telling us? That storms come into our lives, sometimes unannounced (there is no radar tracking!). When they come, what we can do is turn to Jesus! We need not be fearful, because our Lord is with us, right there in the boat, and He has complete command over the storms of life.
He calms the storm, so that its waves are still. Ps 107:29
There are stages in life when there is no storm, no crisis, when we do our human best; it is when a crisis arises that we instantly reveal upon whom we rely. If we have been learning to worship God and to trust Him, the crisis will reveal that we will go to the breaking point and not break in our confidence in Him. (Oswald Chambers)
...till the whole world hears,
Pastor Clay
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