God Rules the Raging Sea!!

Do you ever read a scripture and realize that even though you have read it before, you missed something?

That happened to me last night!!!


I wanted to read for a bit before I went to sleep and my Bible was already open to Psalm 89, so I started reading it again!!!  And this is what I saw.


Psalm 89:9 (KJV) Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.

The raging sea!!!  Wow!!!  Just those very words make me think of huge waves and high winds raging against a small boat trying to capsize it!!! 



And indeed, the sea will rage, but God and ONLY GOD can calm the sea!!! 


Matthew 8:23-27 (AMP)

²³ And after He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him.

²⁴ And suddenly, behold, there arose a violent storm on the sea, so that the boat was being covered up by the waves; but He was sleeping.

²⁵ And they went and awakened Him, saying, Lord, rescue and preserve us! We are perishing!

²⁶ And He said to them, Why are you timid and afraid, O you of little faith? Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great and wonderful calm (a perfect peaceableness).

²⁷ And the men were stunned with bewildered wonder and marveled, saying, What kind of Man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him!



When Jesus spoke, the sea, the winds and the storm obeyed HIM!!! 


Mark 4:36-41 (CEB)

³⁶ They left the crowd and took him in the boat just as he was. Other boats followed along.

³⁷ Gale-force winds arose, and waves crashed against the boat so that the boat was swamped.

³⁸ But Jesus was in the rear of the boat, sleeping on a pillow. They woke him up and said, “Teacher, don’t you care that we’re drowning?”

³⁹ He got up and gave orders to the wind, and he said to the lake, “Silence! Be still!” The wind settled down and there was a great calm.

⁴⁰ Jesus asked them, “Why are you frightened? Don’t you have faith yet?”

⁴¹ Overcome with awe, they said to each other, “Who then is this? Even the wind and the sea obey him!”

Did you notice what Jesus was doing as the storm raged??


HE WAS SLEEPING!!!

That is what we need to do when the storms of life rage!!!  When we trust in God and don’t let our circumstances effect us, then we HAVE PEACE and even lay our head down and rest!!!  We can sleep PEACEFULLY while the storms rage!!!



This is one of my favorite verses because I know that if Jesus spoke to the storm, I can, too!!! 


Mark 4:39 (NKJV) Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace, be still!” And the wind ceased and there was a great calm.



PEACE!!!  BE STILL!!!

We need to speak PEACE over our lives because God has given us NOT ONLY power, but authority over ALL the powers of the enemy!!!


Luke 10:19 (AMP) Behold! I have given you authority and power to trample upon serpents and scorpions, and [physical and mental strength and ability] over all the power that the enemy [possesses]; and nothing shall in any way harm you.



Did you know that God tells us in HIS WORD that we can do greater things than Jesus did???


John 14:12 (NKJV) “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.