Two Lessons You Learn Only In Life's Storms
Why are you so fearful? --Mark 4:40 Gospel of Mark we read: '… He said to them, 'Let us cross over to the other side'… And a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was already filling. But He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow. And they awoke Him and said to Him, 'Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?' Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, 'Peace, be still!' And the wind ceased and there was a great calm. But He said to them, 'Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?' And they… said to one another, 'Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey Him!" ( Mark 4:35-41 NKJV) . Here are two lessons you learn only in life's storms: 1) You must trust what God has told you. When Jesus said, 'Let us cross over to the other side' there wasn't a big enough wave to take them under, no matter how threatening. What has God promised you? Standing on that