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Our Daily Bread - Saturday, April 14, 2018
by RBC Ministries

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Into Our Storms

Read: Mark 4:35-41 | Bible in a Year: 1 Samuel 25-26; Luke 12:32-59

He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, "Quiet! Be still!" Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.
Mark 4:39

Wind howled, lightning flashed, waves crashed. I thought I was going to die. My grandparents and I were fishing on a lake, but we'd stayed out too long. As the sun set, a fast-moving squall swept over our small boat. My grandfather instructed me to sit in front to keep it from capsizing. Terror flooded my heart. But then, somehow, I began to pray. I was fourteen.

I asked God for His reassurance and protection. The storm didn't weaken, but we made it to shore. To this day, I don't know if I've experienced a deeper certainty of God's presence than that night in the storm.

What storm do you face today? Turn to Him knowing who He is and what His power can do.
Jesus is no stranger to storms. In Mark 4:35-41, He told His disciples to head across a lake that would soon turn windy and wild. The storm that night tested and bested these rugged fishermen. They too thought they were going to die. But Jesus calmed the water and then led His disciples to deeper faith.

Likewise, Jesus invites us to trust Him in our storms. Sometimes He miraculously stills the winds and the waves. Sometimes He does something equally miraculous: He steadies our hearts and helps us to trust Him. He asks us to rest in the belief that He has the power to say to the waves, "Quiet! Be still!"

Lord, the storms of our lives sometimes seem like they will swamp us. Help us trust that You are the Master of the storm, to place our faith in You when life's winds blow fiercely.

No danger can come so near that God is not nearer still.

By Adam Holz

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