Things change don’t they?
Sometimes you can see change coming and sometimes you can’t.
Both can be tricky and difficult, but either way you have to adjust and get moving again.
The key is YOU.
YOU have to make some adjustments.
Some adjustments may have been needed to be done, and some may be a bit more difficult to do, but either way to get moving in a positive direction again you will likely need to make adjustments.
Adjust your sails. Get the wind behind you again and make progress towards your goal and your destination.
Questions to Ponder and Pursue
1. Reflecting on personal experiences, what are some examples of adjustments that were relatively easy to make, and how did they contribute to positive progress?
2. How does the idea of “adjusting your sails” align with the concept of resilience, and what role does resilience play in facing and overcoming changes?
Matthew 8:25-27 ESV
[25] And they went and woke him, saying, “Save us, Lord; we are perishing.”
[26] And he said to them, “Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?” Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.
[27] And the men marveled, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even winds and sea obey him?”
Some of these disciples were experienced fishermen. They had surely experienced waves before, but these must have been different.
They had seen him perform miracles on people’s physical bodies, cast out demons, yet they still doubted that they would be alright.
In the fall of 2004 my mom became ill with a mysterious illness. We never knew what it was, but she was gone in two weeks. The last week was in a medically induced coma and on a respirator.
As the family stood in her room moments before they put her on the respirator, and we were dismissed back to the waiting room she said, “we’ll just have to trust Jesus”.
Mom was in the middle of the storm. A storm like she had never experienced and she trusted Jesus in the middle of it.
What did Jesus do when the disciples woke him up? He asked why they were afraid and lacked faith. He’s got this.
Jesus’ primary concern for those that follow Him is to trust Him. Not just when you witness and experience the blessings, but also in the middle of the storm. Even a storm like you’ve never experienced before.
It may require a change of how much we really trust Jesus, but let’s pursue the trust we can rest in when the biggest storms come.
Be Blessed!
Questions to Ponder and Pursue
1. How does the disciples’ reaction to the storm, despite witnessing miracles, reflect a common struggle in trusting God in difficult circumstances?
2. In the face of a personal storm, how did the narrator’s mother’s response of trusting Jesus challenge the conventional understanding of faith, and what can we learn from her example?
Made For This Moment 