On that same day, when evening had come, Jesus said to them, “Let’s go across to the other side of the lake.” So they left the crowd, and took him along in the boat he had been sitting in, and other boats set out with him. Then a storm gathered and it began to blow a gale. The waves spilled over into the boat, so that it was soon filled with water. Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. They woke him up, and said, “Master, don’t you care if we drown?” And rising up, Jesus rebuked the wind, and ordered the sea, “Quiet now! Be still!” The wind dropped, and there was a great calm. Then Jesus said to them, “Why are you so frightened? Do you still have no faith?” But they were terrified, and they said to one another, “Who can this be? Even the wind and the sea obey him!”
---- mine,
In the morning, at noon, in the evening, and at night, I AM with you. Wherever I ask you to accompany Me across the desert, high in the mountain, low in the valley, or across turbulent seas, I will be with you. At My command, when you leave the world behind, trust Me, and get into the boat with Me, and as the storm clouds gather, the wind picks up speed, the waves crash all around you, and the skies grow dark, do not be afraid. Even as you watch the waves rise high and fill your boat, tossing it about so terrifyingly, you are afraid you will drown, and fear fills your soul. Look at Me, keep your gaze on Me. I AM in the boat with you. It may seem to you that I AM oblivious of the storm that is about to destroy you. You cry out to Me as the disciples did, 'Do you not care if we drown?' I do care, ---- my own, I do care. I AM with you always. There is never a moment in your life when I AM not right here with you, abiding in you as you abide in Me. No storm can drown you. Nothing will destroy you. Not a hair of your head will be harmed. I keep My eye always on you, for you are the apple of My eye. Be not afraid, I will calm the storm, I will command the waves to die down to a gentle breeze, and the power of darkness will not overpower you because you are Mine.
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