Calmly trusting
For this cause everyone who is godly shall pray to You In a time when You may be found; Surely in a flood of great waters They shall not come near him. (Psalm 32:6 NKJV)
I understand that you feel like a little ship that has set out on life’s ocean, vast and wide. And now, with no sight of land on the horizon, a storm has overcome your tiny vessel. Howling winds and raging waves, and lightning and thunder crash about you. You think of turning back, but you cannot, as the storm is all around you. You cannot even go forward because you can’t see which way you are headed. You doubt that your tiny vessel will hold together through the fierce storm.
If you would come to Me, the builder of your little ship, you would understand that I fashioned you with full knowledge of the storms at sea. I took into account the patterns of the winds and the tempest, and I built your ship to withstand. So do not worry if you lose a plank here or there, or if one of your sails gets torn or damaged. I have built your ship to last, and you will not go down in the storm.
I do not ask you to struggle alone to stay afloat or to make any headway during this storm. Just sit it out, calmly, trusting as a little child on her father’s knee, feeling secure and safe, knowing that her father would let nothing harm her for the world. Your heavenly Father will always care for you as His beloved child. - Jesus [1]
Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times. - Martin Luther
[1] Anchor Grace for Times of Trouble
