I am just sitting here waiting on a cup of Door County Jamaican Me Crazy Coffee. I forgot to set the timer on the coffee maker. So I write without my coffee. Who knows what might be penned without caffeine?
I am still reading the Book of Psalms and through years of study I have read the following passage many times. Today I will correlate it with the New Testament prophecy of Jesus.
Psalm 107:28-29 New King James Version (NKJV)
28 Then they cry out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He brings them out of their distresses.
29 He calms the storm,
So that its waves are still.
And He brings them out of their distresses.
29 He calms the storm,
So that its waves are still.
This same scenario played out many years later in the book of Matthew.
It is thought that the book of Psalms, written by many authors was composed between 1500 BC and finished around 450 BC. Although some scholars disagree, the vast majority of researchers believe that Mark was the first Gospel to be written, sometime around the year 70. This scholarly consensus holds that the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke were composed, independently of one another, sometime in the 80s or 90s.
What is amazing to me is how God predicted what Jesus would do. For some reason this makes these verses mean so much more to me. They not only tell me that He clams storms, but it confirms that Jesus is the Savior, the Son of God.
We still call out to Him during the storms of our lives and He calms the waves of strife and struggle. He is in the middle of our storms right next to us.
Friend, is your life a sea of storms? Has a tsunami hit you? Cry out to Jesus and He is there riding in the storm. Take His hand in assurance and the storm will be calm. He doesn't want you to be overcome by the storms of life,
God bless,
Marty
Matthew 8:23-27 New King James Version (NKJV)
23 Now when He got into a boat, His disciples followed Him. 24 And suddenly a great tempest arose on the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves. But He was asleep. 25 Then His disciples came to Him and awoke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!”
26 But He said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. 27 So the men marveled, saying, “Who can this be, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?”
It is thought that the book of Psalms, written by many authors was composed between 1500 BC and finished around 450 BC. Although some scholars disagree, the vast majority of researchers believe that Mark was the first Gospel to be written, sometime around the year 70. This scholarly consensus holds that the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke were composed, independently of one another, sometime in the 80s or 90s.
What is amazing to me is how God predicted what Jesus would do. For some reason this makes these verses mean so much more to me. They not only tell me that He clams storms, but it confirms that Jesus is the Savior, the Son of God.
We still call out to Him during the storms of our lives and He calms the waves of strife and struggle. He is in the middle of our storms right next to us.
Friend, is your life a sea of storms? Has a tsunami hit you? Cry out to Jesus and He is there riding in the storm. Take His hand in assurance and the storm will be calm. He doesn't want you to be overcome by the storms of life,
God bless,
Marty
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