When going through any storm in your life, remember who it is who calms them. When Jesus’ disciples woke Him on the boat in the middle of a storm and told Him they were all going to die, Jesus calmly got up and rebuked the wind and the raging water. They stopped completely and there was tremendous calm. Then He said to His disciples, “Where is your faith?” They were afraid, and said in amazement to one another, “Who can this be? For He commands even the winds and water, and they obey Him” (Luke 8:24-25)!
When Jesus was in the boat with His disciples, they forgot who He really was. They became fearful that they would die. If you are in the middle of a raging storm in your life, you have to remember who is in the boat with you. And you have to remember to worship and praise Him for all that He is. When you wake up in the middle of the night with fearful thoughts swirling around you, remember who is with you. Recognize that your help is in Him and all you need to do is call out His name and praise Him in the midst of it.
Faith means that no matter what you are going through, you will believe in God’s goodness, righteousness, and love. Faith means you can say as Job did, “Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him” (Job 13:15). In other words, even if He lets me die, He is still my salvation and I will live with Him for eternity.
(This excerpt was taken from Stormie’s book, THE PRAYER THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING, page 243.)