Resting in the Storm part 2 with Micky Robinson

Guest Mickey Robinson

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Mark 4:35-41 35 That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.” 36 Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. 37 A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. 38 Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?” 39 He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm. 40 He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?” 41 They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!”

The storm had convinced them they were about to die, and they had forgotten Jesus was who he was! When the disciples tried to control their own situation things were spinning out of control, but as soon as they released control of the storm over to Jesus, everything became calm.

You need to take responsibility for your life, but only God can take control of your life. 

Principles:

1.We work, He rests! 

2.He works, we rest!

-If we don’t start our day (in the morning!) with the Lord, it is too easy to get off track and forget who’s really in control

-Jesus says to the storm, “quiet be still“ That should be something we remind ourselves daily. Be quiet and still and ask the Lord how you should proceed.

-even if you are a pastor, you still need rest. Jesus was resting in the boat. We all need rest. 

-The only thing we should labor for is to labor to enter into his rest. Rest in his presence and depend on him. It’s God’s Grace, and it doesn’t depend on what we’ve done for it. It is about what God has done for us. Don’t fall into works thinking that you need to do things for God to earn his grace.

-Jesu’s message to us: “come unto me, all who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest for your souls. My yoke is easy and my burden is light.” God offers us the peace that passes all understanding even in the middle of our storms and struggles. -> This has to be an every day surrender of your life and your burdens to the Lord.    

-> remember Jesus is always sleeping in your boat ready to wake when you call on him.

-in the midst of uncertainty, the only thing that we can cling to is remembering that God is in control.

-from Bible: “All things work together for good for those who love, and are called according to his purpose” -this is a tough one to remember because sometimes the things that are “working out to be good”  may not feel good in the moment.

-don’t try to take the wheel of control from God because it is exhausting for us to be in control. Turn it all over to him and surrender the outcome! 

-at the end of the day, lay your day down at God’s feet in surrender. Give it back to him.

-Jack shares some of his early journeys before he knew the Lord, and was driving too fast in all areas of life, and was even having heart troubles because of stress. He noticed an immediate change when he came to know the Lord and he finally had a peace about him that he had never known previously. (From Jen: it has not been so immediate for me, I still find myself worrying from time to time, and have to lay this down daily and ask for God‘s peace. But I am hopeful that I will get to a place like Jack, where the peace is my natural first response to stressful situations because of my trust and dependence on the Lord.) 

-Don’t trust in your own knowledge or abilities or personal connections. Trust in the Lord as your provider.

-peace in this worldly element is connected to the physical world, but the peace from the Lord is connected to eternity. 

***Happiness is circumstantial, but joy is eternal.

-Mickey recants that he had the most peace he had ever experienced when he was in the midst of the most physical distress in the hospital after his skydiving accident. 

-Scripture: Trust in the Lord with all your heart, lean not on your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path.

-often times in church they don’t talk about the supernatural side of our faith. We can agree that the Lord arose from the grave, and that he healed the lepers, and that miracles happened in the Bible, but we struggle to imagine that it could happen today and that God could control our lives if we let him.

Jesus fed the 5000, healed the 40, taught the 12, but only invited 3 into the garden. ->The closer we get to our destiny, the smaller our circle of people needs to be. ->Guard your circle or you will never find rest.

-> And God needs to be the main center of those primary relationships. Surround yourself with people who are also trying to be Christlike. 

Trouble sleeping? Listen to the audio Bible as your trying to fall asleep. Try it for one week and see how you sleep.

Jerry Bridges – “the worst days are never so bad that you’re beyond the reach of God’s grace and help, your best days are never so good that you’re beyond the need of God’s grace and help.“ -> Don’t forget to ask him for his help and grace and then listen and do as He tells you. 

“No matter what you think, you’ve survived you worst day” God wants to take people out of the storm of life and put them into peace and calmness that can’t be explained by the natural.

Many of us have “friends“ and acquaintances, but have very few true confidants, and we find ourselves feeling very lonely. Jesus is a friend that will always stick very closely to you. -> He will never leave you, for sake you, or let you down! All you need is Jesus! He’s the only one you can trust all the time! If you’re lonely, reach out to Jesus, and use his name! He really is your friend even though you can’t see him.  “Jesus I want you!”

Instead of talking about how big your storms are, focus on how much bigger God is. Praise and release your faith! Declare victory and favor over your storms and walk in faith like you believe God will actually move on your behalf! “Thank you God that your favor will turn this situation around! Thank you that your favor is making a way even though I can’t see it right now.”

Even when you can’t imagine how things could possibly work out, God does. 

The one is resting during the storm also has the power to calm the storm.