“GOD IS IN CONTROL!”

 Matthew 8:23-27                       (ESV)

Jesus Calms a Storm

[23] And when HE got into the boat, HIS disciples followed HIM. [24] And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but HE was asleep. [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?”

There is a song that was #1 in February 1994 on the Adult Contemporary Charts entitled “GOD IS IN CONTROL”!  The first verse goes like this:

This is no time for fear

This is a time for faith and determination

Don't lose the vision here

Carried away by the motion

Hold on to all that you hide in your heart

There is one thing that has always been true

It holds the world together

God is in control

We believe that His children will not be forsaken

God is in control

We will choose to remember and never be shaken

There is no power above or beside Him, we know, oh

God is in control, oh God is in control.

Life WILL throw us TRIALS and TEMPTATIONS as we SOJOURN through the path that we are assigned (1 Corinthians 7:17) by THE LORD.  The DISCIPLES were CHOSEN to follow CHRIST during HIS earthly ministry, but even their FAITH had to be proven through a test on the sea.  Many of the disciples were fishermen and were accustomed to the Sea of Galilee and the sudden storms produced on the lake.  But their EYES had not yet been OPENED to understand that the ONE WHO CONTROLS even the winds and sea was with them in this storm!

The storms of life that we can experience can be as violent and sudden as the Sea of Galilee.  We have Scripture to assist in OPENING our EYES, but until ALMIGHTY GOD divinely and supernaturally REVEALS HIMSELF to us we will be asking about the winds and seas that we experience.  We HAVE TO go through the storm to increase our FAITH.  It isn’t enough to know that JESUS is able to work a MIRACLE, we have to KNOW that HE is going to work the miracle in our lives!

The song “GOD IS IN CONTROL” has a tremendous message to be learned.  We need to realize that our FAITH must be strengthened by HIM, and HE most always does that through TRIALS.  ”SAVE US, LORD; WE ARE PERISHING” isn’t what we should be saying.  “GOD IS IN CONTROL” is!!!