Storms Of Life Are Coming (With Greg Laurie)

Published 2021-12-02
A while back I heard a minister say, “Chaos is never the evidence of God’s absence; it’s the arena in which He moves.”
When we’re surrounded by chaos, we might think that God is absent when He really isn’t. In Matthew 14 we read of a time when the disciples found themselves in the midst of chaos as they battled a storm on the Sea of Galilee. Worse yet, Jesus was nowhere in sight.
Commenting on the same story, Mark 6:48 gives us this detail: “He [Jesus] saw that they were in serious trouble, rowing hard and struggling against the wind and waves. About three o’clock in the morning Jesus came toward them, walking on the water”
Although the disciples lost sight of Jesus, He never lost sight of them. And He came to them, walking on water. Jesus will come to us in our storms as well.
Jesus, being God, can do whatever He wants. He could have flown in. But Jesus walked among us as a man. He walked in our shoes, lived our life, and died our death. And He came to the disciples on the waves to show them that the things they feared—the wind and the sea—merely were a staircase for Him to come to them.
The disciples, however, didn’t know it was Jesus who was coming toward them. Matthew’s gospel tells us that when they “saw him walking on the water, they were terrified. In their fear, they cried out, ‘It’s a ghost!’”
Why didn’t they know it was Jesus? It’s because they weren’t looking for him. A lot of times we miss Jesus not because He’s absent, but because we’re not looking for Him.
You’re not alone in your storm. Jesus is with you. He’s watching you, not impassively but with great interest and great concern.
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All Comments (14)
  • @greglaurie
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  • In a current storm, but I know The Lord will get me through to the other side, I Trust in Him. He has been and is Always Faithful.
    Thank you Past Greg.
    God Bless you.
    🍃Sha🕊️Lom 🍃
  • Merry Christmas and thank you for all your Teachings! Better to be in a storm with Jesus than with some one else! Aloha I used to live on Maui thank you for taking us there with you today!
  • Thank you, Pastor Greg, for these insights. My husband & I have gathered insight and encouragement from your teachings for years now. You are an important part of our walk with the Lord. God bless you as you continue this vital ministry.
  • @megand4916
    Great message my dad passed away this April 1 Iam the only child I miss very much
  • @Crust2013
    Water is awsome crossing it on a super adventure motorcycle
  • @mikeswaney4917
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  • @guitardude4700
    Dude I hope you’re not as woke as your church is sounding right now with a certain woke female speaker coming to your church to speak
  • @RemnantSeed777
    Said the false teacher who rides to work in a limo with body guards while skipping rocks at some far away paradise at the congregations expense.