Greetings:
Faith is designed to be much more than just a belief system.
There is much to learn about faith, but having a quiet, trusting heart is a good place to start.
In learning to keep a quiet heart, we must first begin by learning to trust God. He is there. Our Father is with us. We will not go through any dark tunnels, any deep valleys, any hot fires, without the presence of God.
In Mark 4:35 we have a perfect teaching from Jesus to his disciples about trusting and faith.
In the Living Bible it reads: “As evening fell, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let’s cross to the other side of the lake.” So they took him just as he was and started out, leaving the crowds behind (though other boats followed). But soon a terrible storm arose. High waves began to break into the boat until it was nearly full of water and about to sink. Jesus was asleep at the back of the boat with his head on a cushion. Frantically they wakened him, shouting, “Teacher, don’t you even care that we are all about to drown?” Then he rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Quiet down!” And the wind fell, and there was a great calm! And he asked them, “Why were you so fearful? Don’t you even yet have confidence in me?”And they were filled with awe and said among themselves, “Who is this man, that even the winds and seas obey him?”
Jesus was able to sleep in the midst of a raging storm. It was trust in His Father that kept him calm.
What was behind the disciples' panic? It was a lack of trust or a lack of faith.
So as we go about our lives, let's remember God's in our boat. God is there in the pain, in the trial, in the disaster with us. God is not worried. God is not upset. God is not anxious.
God is the steady captain of our ship of life, steering it with wisdom and confidence.
We need to trust God with confident faith and ride out the storms that life throws at us.
Be blessed.
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