Safe in the Storm

[stephen]

As Captain of the host of the Lord am I now come - Joshua 5: 14.

He comes to take charge; and when He is in charge, then everything is all right ....so long as we trust and obey. A little girl, whose father was the skipper of a ship, was on one occasion travelling upon a voyage with her father, and they ran into a tempest. The little girl was asleep, bur presently the disturbance of the elements awoke her, and she was frightened for a moment. Then she asked somebody, "Is Daddy on board?" And the reply was, "Of course he is," "O that is all right then," she said, and went off to sleep again. Is He on board as the skipper? Then it is all right.

Robert Louis Stevenson tells the story of a voyage at sea, when the passengers were kept below decks because of the damage from the great waves sweeping over the vessel; and the passengers were in great alarm. In the midst of it all one of the passengers managed to get out and climb on to the deck, clinging on to things as he went; and presently, in his hazardous journey he looked at the bridge and there was the skipper.

He hurried down to the people in such a fright below, and he said to them, "It is alright, I have just seen the skipper and there is a smile on his face" Yes, if He is the skipper, and if we keep looking unto Jesus', then, whatever be the storms and stresses through which the ship of our life may pass - or, coming back to the original metaphor, however great the difficulties may be in the course of our journey through this life, if he is in charge, and we 'trust and obey' then we have a blessed life indeed. "He brought us out - and thank God for that - He brought us out. Why?

By His precious blood He brought us out, that He might bring us in. May we be all brought in - right in.

 

[Fragrant Grace]

Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast
Hebrews 6:19

A lovely message, thank you @stephen

I'm reminded of the hymn Will you anchor hold in the storms of life (Priscilla Owens 1882)

Will your anchor hold in the storms of life,
When the clouds unfold their wings of strife?
When the strong tides lift and the cables strain,
Will your anchor drift, or firm remain?

We have an anchor that keeps the soul
Steadfast and sure while the billows roll,
Fastened to the Rock which cannot move,
Grounded firm and deep in the Saviour’s love.

It is safely moored, ’twill the storm withstand,
For ’tis well secured by the Saviour’s hand;
And the cables, passed from His heart to mine,
Can defy that blast, thro’ strength divine

Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;,.
Hebrews 6:17-19

 

[SpiritLedEd]

He brings us THROUGH the storms, He doesn't always lift us out of them.

SLE