“Don’t be afraid. Jesus (Christ) will calm the storm when the time comes!”
My five-year-old son consoled his baby-sister.
One evening, strong tropical monsoon winds blew the neighborhood unexpectedly. As it generally happened with our young ones, our little daughter was covered in fear. The trees bending up and down were a rare sight for her.
Few days before, I was narrating when Jesus Christ calmed the squall in the Sea of Galilee. The disciples were unhappy with their Teacher being asleep in such dangerous situation. They felt He didn’t care enough for them as they had expected. (Matt. 8:23-26)
No one knows how long the wind will blow. Nor did we have authority over the winds. Several measures can only be taken to take shelter. Modern technologies also failed to measure the exact consequences.
So, it is important to know what to do, how to do, just before ‘the time’ comes. Jesus Christ rose from the dead but after three days. The waiting period was three days.
On the road to Emmaus; “…we were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, today is the third day since these things happened.” They are lonely and deeply troubled. The news of Christ’s Resurrection, simply, astonished them. (Luke 24:19-35)
Several times, the pain, caused by the neurological disorder, in my body was hard to tolerate. Yet the time has not come when I will be completely free from it. It will come sooner or later, in His time.
So, in the meantime, I should not be left discourage or afraid. I needed to remind myself this more often than before. He will calm the storm one day.
Fear often overshadows faith. When the pain is there, it is a good reminder that I am conscious and fully alive. Fear kept the going troubled.
It is wonderful how one get strength – from where and when. This time it comes from my son. As he consoled his baby sister who was in distress, often times I am the one who needed to be consoled.
When you are hit back by what you’ve told others about comfort, being God as our refuge. It makes me wonder whether I did less in the past or not. It can become an important step forward in the way of life.
Wait on the Lord, with all your heart.
