Warriors Arise: April 5, 2024
Matthew 8:25 & 26 Then His disciples came to Him and awoke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!”
But He said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.
How many time have I gone to the Lord in a panic, "Lord, save me! This situation is going to kill me!" Honestly, I have no idea, I have lost count. However, because of this passage in Scripture, my life has been changed. A part of me did die. The part that wanted to panic, become anxious, and even doubt God's love for me.
When a terrible situation would come in like a tempest, I would question God's love for me. "What have I done? Is there sin in my life? How come I have to go through this terrible situation? Why did You allow this to happen to me?"
Those questions got in the way of my ability to see God's love for me and what He had given me. He didn't give me the tempest but He did give me what would calm the tempest. I couldn't see it because my thoughts were accusing God.
Those thoughts reveal our heart. They expose our belief, "God made this happen to us." When we accuse God, we can't see God being the answer. We might go to Him and even petition Him to do something to get us out of the situation, but since we believe He caused the problem, we do not believe He will resolve it.
Is there a situation you are going through right now? Is it like a strong tempest? Were you in the boat, headed somewhere with God and then this storm comes out of nowhere? Has the thought crossed your mind, "I can't handle this! This is too much. How will I ever survive? I am tired. I can't go any further. I can't do any more."
Maybe that's the point. You aren't supposed to do more. You aren't supposed to handle it. God has called us to be more than conquers. So in the tempest you are facing right now, what are you supposed to do? Keep bailing water out of the boat? You can't win. The waves are too big and too many for you and your bucket. The water is coming in faster than you can bail it out. So what are you supposed to do?
Zechariah 4:6 & 7 So he answered and said to me:
“This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel:
‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’
Says the LORD of hosts.
‘Who are you, O great mountain?
Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain!
And he shall bring forth the capstone
With shouts of “Grace, grace to it!”’”
I can't bail the water fast enough. I can't do this in my own power. I am not strong enough. I do not have enough power to conquer the tempest that rises against me. But the Spirit of God within does. He resides in me because I am God's child. I am saved by grace. That grace is what gives me the power to speak to the mountain and it become a plain. That grace is what gives me the might to take a stand in the midst of the tempest and say, "Grace! Grace!" and it become still and at peace.
My Father in heaven, hallowed be Your Name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. In heaven there is no tempest. Jesus came and has shown me how to live in victory. I speak, "Grace! Grace!" to the tempest in my life. I will not do this in my own strength. I am not strong enough. I will not do this in my own power, I am not strong enough. But My God, You, will supply all my needs according to Your riches in glory. My need right now, isn't money, it is about grace. Grace to overcome the tempest in my life. I will lay down my bucket and rise to say, "Grace! Grace! as the Spirit of God within me will calm the tempest and bring peace into my life. It is the release of the Spirit of God within me not the bucket in my hands that will stop the tempest in my life in Jesus' name, amen.
A Warrior in the Lord’s Army,
Veridee Joy Hand
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