Storms of life

Sometimes I think we forget the power that comes with Jesus being in our hearts. I think we forget that the reason we asked Him into our lives is because we saw our weakness and realized we have a need for an all knowing and all powerful God in our lives. Its important we are reminded of this because of the times we live in. We are surrounded by an ever increasing darkness and the chaos and storms of life seem to be getting more and more difficult to walk through. So it's important we remember whose we are and who lives on the inside of us. When we become more aware of this and our focus turns more to Him for strength we will begin to see ourselves walking through the chaos and storms without getting shaken. I'm reminded of Matthew 8 where Jesus was asleep on that boat in the midst of that storm when His disciples woke Him up in a frenzy worried that the storm was going to overtake them. Jesus than woke up and commanded the winds to cease and brought calm to storm. I'm encouraged because this same Jesus that commanded the chaos to cease and brought calm to the storm now lives on the inside of us. And as our focus is on Him and not the surrounding chaos of this world He will give us the ability to walk through the middle of the storm with the calm and confidence that He will carry us through. And remember that just as Peter was able to walk on the water as long as his focus was on Jesus, we can walk on the waters of the trials and storms of this life as long as our focus remains on Jesus. And just as when Peter took his focus off of Jesus and started to focus on the storm that surrounded him he found himself sinking. This is a reminder to us that when we feel that the storms of life are overtaking us and we feel that we are beginning to sink, somewhere along the line our focus turned from Jesus onto the trials of life. And it is as simple as refocusing our gaze upon Him to find that strength we need to get through whatever the storms of this life bring. Be blessed!!