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The Plug

Then he asked them, 
“Why are you afraid? 
Do you still have no faith?”
Mark 4:40


 I felt God ask me this very question as I read the story of Jesus and his disciples during the storm. In Mark 4:35 Jesus and His disciples started out in a boat to cross the other side of the lake. While crossing the lake a fierce storm came up. High waves were breaking into the boat and it began to fill with water. While all of this was going on Jesus was sleeping at the back of the boat. The disciples woke Jesus up shouting, "Teacher don't you care that we're going to drown." Mark 4:39 says, "When Jesus woke up, he rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Silence! Be still!” Suddenly the wind stopped, and there was a great calm." Now I've heard and read this story multiple times, but it was only now that I  could feel God asking me those very words. "Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?" What's keeping you from believing that God can do anything in your life? Here the disciples are on a boat with Jesus himself, but still overcome with fear. Some of us walk around everyday afraid of the unknown in our lives. We walk around afraid to live our truth because of what others may say. We walk around afraid of things not going the way we hope for, but just like the disciples we have Jesus a board. 

 Mostly everyone can recall a time when you intended on going somewhere and like most young people you didn't want to pay so you made sure you what, "knew the plug" (you have a connect, someone you know can get you in for free). You and your friends strolled to the front of the line thinking you were cute because you knew there had already been preparation made in order for you and your friends to get in free. You understood that there were benefits to "knowing the plug." As you recall a time like this in your own life, think about if the disciples had understood that because they had Jesus on that boat during the storm, that meant they too "knew the plug." We as believers have to understand that there are benefits to being a believer. Because there are benefits to being a believer why are we afraid? 

When we begin to understand that because Jesus is always with us and he's "our plug" we're not worried or fearful of things to come in our lives. Why do we have little faith? Just like Jesus calmed the storm instantly, he can change our situations just as swiftly. The Bible says, “Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don’t get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes (Matthew 6:34)." So where is your faith? Do you truly believe that God is with you helping you through it all? What is it that you're afraid of? You should be able to look at all God has done in your life to remind you that He can do anything. Don't put fear on his name! The Message Version of Ephesians 3:20 says, God can do anything, you know—far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, his Spirit deeply and gently within us." Take the limitations off of Jesus! Lets stop insulting Him as if He isn't all powerful, all knowing and worthy of all the praise. Remember God can do anything! 

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