So on Saturday I talked on how to read the Bible so that you can understand what you are reading. Today, I am going to talk about taking what you learned and apply it to your life. God gave us the Bible, as a way to shape our lives after him, and to do that, we need to implement what we learned into our lives. To refresh your minds, this is where we left off last time.
23 Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him. 24 Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping.25 The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!”
26 He replied, “You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.
27 The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!”
Comments
Red:The disciples trusted Jesus enough to follow Him into a boat in the middle of an lake.
Orange:
Everything happened so fast that they couldn't prepare for it, like
getting off the lake. But Jesus then calmed the storm as fast as it came
up. Time wasn't an issue for Jesus.
Yellow: He was there and he could be called upon when needed. Nothing disturbs him.
Green: Desperation of the disciples whose trust was now gone.
Blue: Showing how little trust the disciples had in Jesus, that he had everything under control.
Purple: New to them, never seen before in any one else.
Pink: Shows how Jesus is the ruler over everything.
So we have the annotations. Because I'm going to write from my perspective, you might think something different and that is totally fine. The storm in my life right now is my math class, again. My grades plummeted so fast, like the storm in the story, and there was no way I could stop it. While I was desperately trying to figure out what to do about my grade, God had everything under control. Through this, I was never left to drown, or left on my own. But like the disciples, I had little faith in the storm. I saw how last year God used my math grade to help me become a better person, and I have seen the amazing things that he has done in my life over and over again, but the storm made me near sighted. Jesus is the ruler over everything, and I need to trust that he has everything under control. Even when he feels far away he is still there.
From the comparison I made to the story, I found out that I struggle with trusting God. This is an area that I need to work on, and to read more about. I may also want to pray for trust in God, before I go into a difficult situation. Now we each have our own weakness and strengths, and God gave us the Bible to helps us find those, and to grow in them and in Him. You may not have time to read this deep everyday, but doing it once a week can make a difference.
Dear Heavenly Father,
Thank you for giving us your word. Help us to read and understand what it is saying. And as we read and discover more of who you are and who we are in you, help us to implement it into our lives,so that we can be a light to the world. Amen.
So we have the annotations. Because I'm going to write from my perspective, you might think something different and that is totally fine. The storm in my life right now is my math class, again. My grades plummeted so fast, like the storm in the story, and there was no way I could stop it. While I was desperately trying to figure out what to do about my grade, God had everything under control. Through this, I was never left to drown, or left on my own. But like the disciples, I had little faith in the storm. I saw how last year God used my math grade to help me become a better person, and I have seen the amazing things that he has done in my life over and over again, but the storm made me near sighted. Jesus is the ruler over everything, and I need to trust that he has everything under control. Even when he feels far away he is still there.
From the comparison I made to the story, I found out that I struggle with trusting God. This is an area that I need to work on, and to read more about. I may also want to pray for trust in God, before I go into a difficult situation. Now we each have our own weakness and strengths, and God gave us the Bible to helps us find those, and to grow in them and in Him. You may not have time to read this deep everyday, but doing it once a week can make a difference.
Dear Heavenly Father,
Thank you for giving us your word. Help us to read and understand what it is saying. And as we read and discover more of who you are and who we are in you, help us to implement it into our lives,so that we can be a light to the world. Amen.
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