Tuesday, February 20, 2018

 
 
 
 
Devotional for Tuesday, February 20, 2018
“…and He said, Peace Be Still”
 
 
 
by Dona Hake
 
“A word from the Lord stilled the raging sea and
a glance from Him to you, and from you to Him,
will do the same for you.”
Francois De Fenelon
 
 
 
Mark 4:38-40 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
“Jesus was inside the boat, sleeping with his head on a pillow. The followers went and woke him. They said, “Teacher, don’t you care about us? We are going to drown!”
Jesus stood up and gave a command to the wind and the water. He said, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind stopped, and the lake became calm.
 He said to his followers, “Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?”
 
 I absolutely love this portion of scripture!   While I could testify of the many times my Lord has calmed my heart with His peace, I am feeling led to share my thoughts on this scripture a bit differently today.
 
As our Lord resides within us, He longs to speak through us in so many ways, and He desires that we would be vessels that bring all that He is to those around us in need.  Today, I want us to look at possibilities and opportunities of how we may be the one chosen to speak an inspired word to someone’s “raging sea.”
 
I have had it happen, and I bet you have too. You speak an encouraging word or many words, and the response from the person you’re speaking to may have been, “Thank you, I really needed to hear that.“     It may have seemed so small to you but it meant the world to the listener.   I especially love when I feel prompted to share certain words with someone, but my mind is giving me fits because the words seem so out of the blue.   There is no outward appearance that the person I am speaking with is  even walking through a trial yet they exclaim that the word that was spoken was exactly what was needed to calm their heart. I love those times in which I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that God is divinely moving upon my heart giving me the exact words to calm someone else’s “raging sea” that is rocking their world.
 
You see the raging seas of this life come in different ways. They may be anxious thoughts, sickness, or trials that come to  blindside us. Needless to say, our hearts can be tested.  Any one of these can bring confusion, rob peace, and quickly cause us to see things apart from how God sees them.   As believers we have a choice to look to Him or be crushed under the pressure of the rising waters and high winds of our trial.
 
 
Praise the Lord that we can be comforted knowing He is always with us, and same way that you have been comforted in your storms be ready to do the same for the one that needs comfort.   Never underestimate the Word of God that proceeds from your mouth to those around you. His Word never returns void and accomplishes many things beyond what we can even see with our natural eyes.  So let us praise our loving Lord that lives within us for He desires to stand up and calm the storms within us, and He also desires to use us as that special messenger to bring words of peace and strength to those in need.  We all have  God given assignments and  divine appointments that He has planned for us when we least expect it.  Stay ready my friend, you never know when the Lord is going to use you as His mouthpiece to bring peace to someone’s storm.