How am I nurturing my spirit every day? ---------------------------------------------- Jesus said, “Go and make disciples of all the nations . . . teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” - Matthew 28:19-20 Mark 4:35-41 4:35 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, "Let us go across to the other side." 4:36 And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. 4:37 A great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped. 4:38 But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him up and said to him, "Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?" 4:39 He woke up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace! Be still!" Then the wind ceased, and there was a dead calm. 4:40 He said to them, "Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?" 4:41 And they were filled with great awe and said to one another, "Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?" --------------------------------------------- Lightning dashed across the sky and struck the ground in front and behind us. The rains deluged us as we strode the hilly and rocky five-mile path. Drenched in the five-hour nonstop downpour, we sang and prayed. Our church had decided to obey the Great Commission by preaching God’s word to one of the villages across the hill. We were returning from this evangelistic journey, bursting with joy for the way the Lord had opened the hearts of the people. Then suddenly, our elation turned into fear and apprehension when the dreaded storm began to pound us. Didn’t the Lord promise to be with us until the end of the age? I asked myself. Why is God allowing our lives to be threatened by this storm when we are taking the gospel to the lost? As these thoughts dashed through my mind, the part of the message in the Great Commission that says, “I am with you always, to the very end of the age” expanded in meaning for me. I realized that God’s promise to be with us until the end of the age does not guarantee that there will be no difficulties as we proclaim the message. But, in the midst of the storm, our Lord is there with us. Francis L. Sackitey (Eastern Region, Ghana) Father, help us to remember your promise to be with us — even in the storm. Amen.
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