YOU CAN BE DOING THE RIGHT THING, BUT STILL BE OVERWHELMED IN THE MIDST OF YOUR STORM!
I had a church member back in the early 1960’s who had a bomb shelter. It cost him a lot of money; money he could have used to better his life. He thought he was doing the right thing, but he WASTED TIME AND MONEY ON HIS FEAR!
Many of us, if not most, have some kind of fear; fear of spiders, animals (dogs, cats), elevators, etc. This is the human condition.
Back in the day, the disciples of Jesus were out on the lake when a huge storm arose. (The first thing to remember about this story is that Jesus wasn’t with them.) When they were near death, they saw something or someone coming near them walking on the water.
“In their fear, they cried out, ‘It’s a ghost!’”
Matthew 14:26 (nlt)
“But straightway Jesus spoke to them, saying, ‘Be of good cheer; it is I; BE NOT AFRAID.’ [Peter got the bright idea to walk on water, too.]
“But when [Peter] saw the boisterous wind, HE WAS AFRAID; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, ‘Lord, save me.’ And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, ‘O thou of little faith, why did you doubt?’ And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased. Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, ‘Of a truth THOU ART THE SON OF GOD.’”
Matthew 14:27, 30-33 (kjv)
“HE WILL keep you in perfect peace as your mind is FIXED ON him: because you TRUST IN him.”
Isaiah 26:3 (kjv-paraphrase)
Write It On My Heart 