John 6:16-21AYE, CAPTAIN! YES, JESUS! When Jesus joins us, when we willingly receive Him, He enters into our very being. He joins those who put their faith and trust in Him in such a way that no matter what we go through, we have a song in our heart because we have Him, Christ, in our heart, within us. We can sing in the midst of the storm, we can praise him when the winds overtake us. And Jesus knows what we need when we need it. Many people know Jesus is there, just outside their boat, but they won’t let Him get in. He wants to get in, and we’ve established that he doesn’t need to get in for His own sake, it’s for the sake of us on the boat! Yet when we allow Him, He gets in our boat and allows us to do His work even though He can do it quite fine without us. Jesus needs us? He ALLOWS US the privilege of being used for His glory in His work. It’s not enough to just let him on our boat, we’ve got to let him steer, letting Him be the one who yells the commands, we no longer insist on being the captain; we become the deck hand! WE need to start saying Yes to whatever he’s calling us to. AYE, CAPTAIN! YES, JESUS. Some of us need to start by letting him on our boat. He’s saying, “It is I; don’t be afraid.” It might not immediately calm the storm. Satan may stir up the waters even more so your ship tosses worse than it ever has. Let Jesus on board and let Him take the wheel of the ship. He can get you safely past the obstacles, safely through the seas.
Posted on: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 05:59:12 +0000