Strength in the Storms

I wanted to share a great sermon that was delivered this Sunday by my Pastor. Some of you may be familiar with similiar sermons, however, I just really think it is important to revisit this topic every now and then to help keep us focus through our trials and tribulations.

First of all we must realize that we will all have storms in our lives regardless if we are walking with God or not. I think a lot of people think that when we you are a Christian and walking with God then you should be free of trials and storms in yor life, when sometimes you are faced with even more storms. A few things that we must remember to help give us strength in our storms:

1. Expect Storms (1Peter 4:12)
Storms will come to everyone. And sometimes God will use storms to have people come to Him.
As mentioned above sometimes when ou walk with God you go through storms because people will challenge your faith, for example Job, Daniel, and Joseph.However if you ask God to help you, he will. But we also have to keep in mind, that God will come in HIS time not ours. WE must be patient and Keep our eyes on Jesus and not on our circumstances. Remember when Peter called out to Jesus for help during the storm and Peter trusted God and began to walk on water as he focused on walking to Jesus. However, he began to doubt and began focusing on the storm around Him, and what happened? He began to sink. He began to sink because he took his eyes off Jesus and began to focus on the storm around HIM.

We will too be like Peter if in the midst of a storm we continue to focus on our circumstances and not on Jesus. Of course this is difficult to do when you are in a midst of a storm (ie crisis), but if anyone can bring you out of your current situation it is Jesus. So why not put all your energy into focusing on Him instead of your circumstances?