"God promises a safe landing but not a smooth passage."
Whether it is the disciples on the sea or Denis Shackel on Mount Ruapehu 8000 feet above ground, we need to claim the promise "I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength" Phil 4:13 ... even if we can only get through it "five seconds at a time".
And regardless of what we are going through, we need to remember to "stock the hut." THAT' S LOVE
By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.
John 13:35
Holy Spirit, please show me how to Stock The Hut today.
“What an incredible time of fellowship we had on Saturday with Kingdom Life Fellowship. The Lord made His presence felt in a dramatic way. As I shared the message of encouragement for Kingdom Life’s membership, I could feel His passion flowing through me. Yes, He sometimes uses us mortals as vessels to utter messages to His people.
The testimony of how the Lord responded to intercessory prayers uttered by Kingdom Life is, in my view, a sign to the fellowship that God is encouraging them to carry on with His work. One of the very first requests that they prayed for as a corporate group under the name Kingdom Life Fellowship was answered affirmatively and dramatically by God in a very short period of time. Praise God.
Let us all go forth and tuck ourselves into the bosom of Christ so that when the enemy comes around to steal, kill, and destroy (and we can be sure that he will) we are protected in the bosom of our Lord and Saviour. Yes, we are to ‘tuck in’. And, we are not to operate in our own strength – while there is nothing wrong with having a degree of independence, that approach taken to extremes can result in us being isolated from others and therefore EASY PREY to the enemy. Yes he is relentless but the Lord our God is stronger so we have nothing to fear.
It feels good to be a part of Kingdom Life Fellowship and I will keep you in my prayers. Please keep me in yours, particularly during this time of transition for me.”
"Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus...."(Hebrews 12:2)
With all the storms around us like division, leadership let downs, riots, famines, etc.. the Word of God calls us to "keep our eyes fixed on Jesus". The Word doesn't say that, just because its something we should do as Christians. It says it because that's what really matters. Mark 4:35-41 tells of Jesus and the disciples crossing a river to get to the other side. While on their way [to the other side], a storm kicks up and literally begins to physically break the boat. As this was going on, Jesus was in the back of the boat.........sleeping.......on a cushion......Jesus knew about the storm going into it, but yet He went in, with a cushion, and the intention to sleep; with the intention to be at peace.
After Jesus wakes up and calms the storm, He says to the disciples “Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?” (v. 40). Now if Jesus had asked, why WERE you afraid, that would make more sense [to us]. If He did that, the issue then would have been about the disciples not trusting Jesus through the storm. Instead He asks why ARE, pointing to a state of now. The storm was long, gone, and done away with but Jesus was focused on the real issue; the focus of the disciples.
So a few things to point out
Jesus wants us to have intentional peace, both through and after a storm.
Jesus wants us to have intentional trust in Him.
The only way we can do this, is to stay focused on Jesus. When we are focused. the storm really isn't an issue. The family struggles, work situations, gains, status', positions, and any thing else really aren't an issue.
With our eyes fixed on Jesus, we wait on Him to take care of everything else.
"fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God." (Hebrews 12:2 ~ NASB)
