November 13–He’s in Your Boat

Happy Monday to you! Are you ready to hit this week full force? Do you have an action plan to accomplish the things that you believe the Father has for you to do? I have my check list, I’m just praying I can get through it.  


You know when I was sick and it started creeping into that second week, I started really feeling sorry for myself. In fact, I just had myself a little pity party. I used to tell Bob Hudson that those really were not much fun because no one was coming and I wasn’t making him any snacks for it. But here I was. Didn’t Jesus even care that I was sick? I was even trying to do some things for Him and I didn’t even feel good enough to read. And then, I remembered that exact same sentence from the book of Mark. “Jesus don’t you even care about us?” Old Solomon got it right those several thousand years ago, didn’t he?—there really IS nothing new under the sun. 


 While I was in full-on guilt mode and completely identifying with those disciples in the boat, I realized they were at least in the boat! I know that doesn’t sound like much, but they had been obedient and followed the Master’s instruction. And that thought did help me to feel a little less of a total failure. 


Their issue happened when they got beyond their area of expertise to a place they were simply overwhelmed. And that happens to all of us from time to time. We get overwhelmed and over our heads. Maybe some of us get there quicker than others, but we all get there. We all cry out for help and wonder if Jesus has forgotten completely about us. 


“Jesus was sleeping at the back of the boat with his head on a cushion. The disciples woke him up, shouting, “Teacher, don’t you care that we’re going to drown?” When Jesus woke up, he rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Silence! Be still!” Suddenly the wind stopped, and there was a great calm. Then he asked them, “Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?” The disciples were absolutely terrified. “Who is this man?” they asked each other. “Even the wind and waves obey him!””

‭‭Mark‬ ‭4:38-41‬ ‭NLT‬‬


The thing I have to stop and breathe and remember? He was in the boat all along. He was in the boat BECAUSE He cares and He’s always in our boat. I just have to stop and breathe and remember. And you friend, maybe not as often and me, but there are times, you have to stop and breathe and remember, he’s always in your boat...because He cares. 


“For as the waters fill the sea, the earth will be filled with an awareness of the glory of the Lord.”

‭‭Habakkuk‬ ‭2:14‬ ‭NLT‬‬


And I think without over stepping, I can interpret that to say “As the waters fill the sea, I am filled with an awareness of the glory of the Lord.”


Today, be filled with that awareness and remember, He’s always in your boat. 

Love you dear friend,

Pam

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

January 17, 2020

Happy Friday. It’s the end of another week and we have had more opportunities to share the love of Christ with those around us and sometimes that takes quite a bit of effort. I don’t know about you, but I’m not always anxious to embrace others and really listen to them or share with them (especially those who I don’t know well). Sometimes, I just look at them and think “Are you for real?” I don’t always agree with people over politics, sports or of course, religion. And let’s face it, we’d rather spend time with people we like and mostly agree.  And then I read my Bible. God hasn’t called us to sit in our little groups with only those we naturally gravitate towards, but to love people—all people, even those who aren’t necessarily loveable. In this passage, Paul writing to the people of Colosse remarks on how wonderful it is that they truly love others. That love must have really been something over and above the normal and he tells them that it is evident that it comes from the Holy Sp
Read more

January 15, 2020

Happy Wednesday to you. I hope your week is going well. Yesterday, I went to Sams. I was out of things like trash bags, toilet paper, and chicken, so off I went. I like going to Sams because there is always lots to look at and the isles are nice and wide. Everytime I’m there, I am amazed at how much stuff and everything from diapers to TVs to mangos to beds. It just seems incredible that so many things in such quantities are all under one roof.  King David never saw a store with as much stuff aa Sams of course, but he did see countless miracles and understand that God has plans. He knew from creation and history that he was serving a God of miracles and he know that God loved him and his people and would take care of them. He was amazed and awe-struck by the fact that a God who had done such great and mighty things not only cared about his people but that He loved them with such a great love.  “Many, Lord my God, are the wonders you have done, the things you planned for us. None can co
Read more

January 9, 2020

It’s Thursday and I woke up to the blowing wind! Lots of it—I’m dreading Boomer waking up and having to go outside with him. That harsh, bitter wind seems cruel and almost evil. But I’ll wrap myself up with a fe layers and boots and brave it all.  Sometimes I think we try to do that with things we know aren’t right—things that are evil. We try to wrap ourselves up and just wade into it, but Paul tells us we should reject it—stay away from it. “Do not treat prophecies with contempt but test them all; hold on to what is good, reject every kind of evil. May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.” ‭‭1 Thessalonians‬ ‭5:20-24‬ NIV When he wrote this he’d been in Berea and the Christians there diligently searched the scriptures to make sure everything Paul said was in line. Paul here is encouraging the Thessalonians to
Read more