Jesus Sees You

   Luke 8: 22-25,  “One day Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Let us go over to the other side of the lake.’ So, they got into a boat and set out.  As they sailed, He fell asleep. A squall came down on the lake, so that the boat was being swamped, and they were in great danger.  The disciples went and woke Him, saying, ‘Master, Master, we’re going to drown!’  He got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters; the storm subsided, and all was calm.  ‘Where is your faith?’  He asked His disciples.  In fear and amazement, they asked one another, ‘Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him.’”

   What is in your heart and mind during this time we are going through? Let’s look at the disciples in this passage. The first thing we see is they were fearful. What is in the mind of a person who is fearful? They were concerned about their own welfare. We must live with ourselves; we cannot separate, at times, the thoughts that come into our minds and our emotions. We would like to be filled with the Spirit every minute, but as Romans 7 says, “what a wretched man I am.” What happens to us when fear controls any area of our emotions and mind? 

   The disciples were fearful, and they thought Jesus didn’t care if they drown. Their fearfulness was accusing Jesus of many ...