To be in the center of the battle can be terrifying.

It can cripple us and scar us.

It can put us into a place of fear.

 

But 2000 years ago, on a cross on calvary, Jesus walked into the eye of the storm and walked away victorious.

 

This is not a story in a book that you can not relate to.

 

It is the story of you.

 

And, more than that, it is the story of what God can do with you and all those you love.

 

Mark 4  39He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.

40He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?”

41They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!”

 

In the eye of the storm.

 

Jesus walked in love, in faith, and in power.

 

And He walked that out as a man ….. So that you too could experience His undying, unrelenting, and unbiased love.

 

You are not powerless.  Just the opposite.

 

You are meant for greater things.

 

Nelson Mandela understood this.  I believe that is why he wrote:

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.

 

What does all of this mean in 2020?

 

I want to challenge you.

 

Not to think you have to do something, but to receive.

 

Ask God.

 

Ask Him.

 

Ask Him to come into your situation…or your mindset…or your fear—-whatever might be stealing from you right now.

 

When I recently read this verse, I thought, this is CRAZY.  

It is CRAZY that Jesus came to earth.

It is CRAZY that Jesus healed the sick.

It is CRAZY that He stood up and calmed a storm.

 

As I read this—I thought— “that is consistent” —because He has constantly done CRAZY things in my life.

 

He has rescued me in my finances, in my personal life, in EVERY area in my life He has showed up and done something CRAZY that has totally rocked my world.

 

Jesus is the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords

He is the First… and the Last

He is the Lamb… and the Lion

He is the Defender… and the Counselor

He is the Rider on the white horse… and the Healer

 

It is often joked about by those who don’t know—but the reality is it is the truth.  He IS the ANSWER.

 

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

 

In The Eye Of The Storm By Ryan Stevenson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYy1f6VjDHU

 

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Coach J