Peace In The Storm

PEACE IN THE STORM

A few days ago, my wife and I were visiting Niagara Falls. While walking around the park, I happened to stop and take a close look at the water rushing under the bridge. About one hundred yards to my right, millions of gallons per minute were rushing over the falls and crashing into the boulders beneath. As far as I could see to my left, whitecaps of water were cascading under the bridge at about 50 miles per hour toward the falls. Anyone or anything caught in that water would be thrown over the falls before they had an opportunity to escape. I was captivated by the force flowing under my feet. But then something caught my eye!

Right under my feet I saw a mixture of a huge boulder holding and tree limb and right in front of the boulder were two ducks in a pool of water surrounded by all that chaos. Seemingly oblivious to the danger all about them, those ducks just went about their business of swimming back and forth while feeding from the water.

Obviously, the ducks flew in and would fly out, but their presence
reminded me of the Scriptures. The event is told of the disciples in a
boat in a storm while Jesus was asleep in the boat. When the disciples felt threatened by the storm, they began crying out to Jesus for help, being afraid of the present danger.

When the storms of life invade our peaceful world and corrupt our
lifestyle, if Jesus is in the boat with us, He makes it easier to swim in
the calm of His peace than to fret about the dangers that surround us.
With Him there with us, He will either give us peace in the storm or calm the storm altogether. Either way we can stay at peace in Him.

By Lawrence Brotherton

Read and meditate on these scriptures: 

Romans 8:35-37 “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall
tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or
peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day
long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us.”

Jeremiah 31:3 “The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with loving kindness have I drawn thee.”

All of these scriptures can be found in the King James Version Bible. 

Source --- http://www.Godswork.org

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