IN THE STORM - We expect to find Jesus in morning devotionals and meditations. We never expect to see him in a divorce or a foreclosure. We never expect to see him in a storm. But it’s in a storm that he does his finest work, for it is in storms that he has our keenest attention.Jesus replied to the disciples’ fear with an invitation worthy of inscription on every church cornerstone and residential archway, “Don’t be afraid,” he said. “Take courage. I am here!”

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In the Storm
by Max Lucado

After Jesus’ disciples fought a raging storm for nine cold hours, at about 4:00 AM the unspeakable happened.

They spotted someone coming on the water. “A ghost!” they said, crying out in terror. (Matthew 14:26 MSG). 

They didn’t expect Jesus to come to them this way.

Neither do we.

We expect him to come in the form of peaceful hymns on Easter Sundays or quiet retreats.

We expect to find Jesus in morning devotionals and meditations. 

We never expect to see him in a divorce or a foreclosure.

We never expect to see him in a storm.

But it’s in a storm that he does his finest work, for it is in storms that he has our keenest attention.

Jesus replied to the disciples’ fear with an invitation worthy of inscription on every church cornerstone and residential archway, “Don’t be afraid,” he said. “Take courage. I am here!” (Matthew 14:27).

Max Lucado is a preacher with a storyteller's gift — a pastor's heart and a poet's pen. Max's message is simple: God loves you; let him. Max serves the people of Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas. He preaches and writes to the hurting, the guilty, the lonely, the discouraged. L

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