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Four reasons storms come
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To discourage us
Notice that twice in our passage Paul told his fellow travellers to keep us their courage:
Storms try to discourage us.
In other words, they try to to dishearten us, to deflate us, to make us want to give up
It is like when the 9ft giant named Goliath challenged Israel...
It is imperative that we have the mindset that we are God’s warriors and we will be victorious because God is with us.
When the king of Assyria came against Judah, King Hezekiah said to his military officers:
They had Hezekiah to encourage them, but sometimes we need to encourage ourselves.
Whilst David and his men were out fighting, the Amalakites came and kidnapped their wives and children.
As David was their leader, the men turned on his and wanted to stone him
We can have courage because of:
God’s purpose for us
God’s presence with us
We see both of these factors in Joshua 1:
That’s God’s purpose
That’s God presence!
I want to remind us today that the battles we are facing belong to the Lord
Storms also come to...
2. Distract us
To get our attention off God and His plan for us, and to instead focus on the storm
Storms also come to...
3. Make us doubt God’s plan for us
Why did Jesus expect them not to be afraid?
Because He had given orders to cross to the other side of the lake.
When Jesus says you are going to the other side of the lake, no storm can stop you!
Never allow anything you are facing make you doubt God’s plan for your life.
Remember Paul’s response when in the midst of the storm the angel told him that he must testify before Caesar...
Notice that for the disciples who had little faith, Jesus calmed the storm.
But for Paul, who had faith, Jesus didn’t calm the storm; He brought him through it victoriously.
Never allow the presence of storms in your life to make you think that its because you don’t faith.
God works in different way on different occasions.
Faith is trusting that God knows best.
Finally, sometimes God uses a storm to...
4. Direct us
I’m sure you remember a man by the name of Jonah.
God told him to go to Nineveh and preach.
But instead Jonah tried to flee to Tarshish, which we think was in modern day Spain.
As he was on the way there, God sent a violent storm that threatened to break up the ship.
Jonah had to admit that he was the cause of the storm and asked the sailors to
throw him into the sea.
And as you know, God prepared a big fish to swallow Jonah, which also vomited back out after three days.
And Jonah made his way to Nineveh...
But notice, God used the storm, to redirect Jonah.
Sometimes we are out of line in an area of our life, and God has to send a storm to get us back on track...
But coming back to today’s passage, I want you to notice that God used the storm to direct Paul.
Paul was on his way to Italy.
But because of the storm, he ended up on the island of Malta… and an amazing thing happened there...
The WHOLE ISLAND was healed.... because of a storm..!
A great storm and be can indicator of a great destiny!
Summary
Don’t allow life’s storms to discourage you, to distract you, or to make you doubt God’s plan for you.
Instead, trust that God is directing you into His good plan for your life.
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