WEBVTT 00:00:00.300 --> 00:00:11.040 Good morning, welcome everybody. It's great to be able to welcome you for another chance to share God's Word together, to worship together digitally. 00:00:12.300 --> 00:00:20.000 Let me just say again, there's a chance to join with us again at half five this evening. 00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:29.899 We'll be on YouTube and also you can connect on Zoom and you'll get the details for that on the email or check Galvanto or the website. 00:00:31.259 --> 00:00:39.260 The one other really important thing for us as a church that's going on in this coming week is that we have five days of prayer. 00:00:40.320 --> 00:00:48.659 We desperately need prayer, don't we? We need God, we need his mercy, we need his power, we need his wisdom, 00:00:48.659 --> 00:00:56.019 we need his compassion and goodness for ourselves, for our communities, our families, our nation, our world. 00:00:56.839 --> 00:01:02.419 So Monday to Friday of this week, eight o'clock in the morning, eight o'clock in the evening, 00:01:03.219 --> 00:01:08.859 there'll be a chance to Zoom in if you want to join a larger group. 00:01:09.500 --> 00:01:11.280 There's prayer resources that have gone out. 00:01:11.280 --> 00:01:21.540 I also encourage you to use it in your family or by yourself as we call on God and seek his help. 00:01:22.780 --> 00:01:24.820 Let's worship together. 00:01:25.519 --> 00:01:35.920 Our call to worship comes from Isaiah chapter 43, words of comfort and hope and encouragement to the exiles 00:01:35.920 --> 00:01:38.900 that I hope speak comfort to our hearts as well. 00:01:38.900 --> 00:01:41.560 Isaiah 43 at the beginning. 00:01:41.719 --> 00:01:44.380 But now, this is what the Lord says. 00:01:44.740 --> 00:01:52.400 He who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel, do not fear, for I have redeemed you. 00:01:53.100 --> 00:01:54.700 I have summoned you by name. 00:01:55.219 --> 00:01:56.200 You are mine. 00:01:56.920 --> 00:02:00.160 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you. 00:02:00.760 --> 00:02:04.740 And when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. 00:02:04.739 --> 00:02:08.979 When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned. 00:02:09.460 --> 00:02:18.979 The flames will not set you ablaze, for I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Saviour. 00:02:18.979 --> 00:02:26.280 And now let's sing together the hymn, How Firm a Foundation. 00:02:27.959 --> 00:02:30.560 Now, let's read together. 00:02:31.839 --> 00:02:36.259 Let's read some verses from Matthew chapter 8. 00:02:37.639 --> 00:02:42.280 Matthew chapter 8, and we're going to read from verse 18. 00:02:42.280 --> 00:02:49.699 When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake. 00:02:50.479 --> 00:02:55.860 Then a teacher of the law came to him and said, Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go. 00:02:56.819 --> 00:03:02.920 Jesus replied, Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head. 00:03:02.919 --> 00:03:07.799 Another disciple said to him, Lord, first let me go and bury my father. 00:03:08.439 --> 00:03:12.599 But Jesus told him, follow me and let the dead bury their own dead. 00:03:13.219 --> 00:03:16.279 Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him. 00:03:16.959 --> 00:03:21.319 Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake so that the waves swept over the boat. 00:03:21.919 --> 00:03:23.119 But Jesus was sleeping. 00:03:23.979 --> 00:03:27.399 The disciples went and woke him, saying, Lord, save us. 00:03:27.839 --> 00:03:29.039 We're going to drown. 00:03:29.039 --> 00:03:33.639 He replied, You of little faith, why are you so afraid? 00:03:34.359 --> 00:03:38.879 Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm. 00:03:39.639 --> 00:03:42.000 The men were amazed and asked, What kind of man is this? 00:03:42.019 --> 00:03:44.079 Even the winds and the waves obey him. 00:03:45.639 --> 00:03:48.719 When he arrived at the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, 00:03:48.879 --> 00:03:51.939 two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. 00:03:52.479 --> 00:03:54.959 They were so violent that no one could pass that way. 00:03:55.500 --> 00:03:57.259 What do you want with us, Son of God? 00:03:57.259 --> 00:04:00.759 They shouted, Have you come here to torture us before the appointed time? 00:04:01.639 --> 00:04:04.539 Some distance from them, a large herd of pigs was feeding. 00:04:05.139 --> 00:04:09.179 The demons begged Jesus, If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs. 00:04:09.659 --> 00:04:10.679 He said to them, Go. 00:04:11.199 --> 00:04:12.939 So they came out and went into the pigs, 00:04:13.019 --> 00:04:17.500 and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and died in the water. 00:04:18.219 --> 00:04:22.439 Those tending the pigs ran off, went into the town and reported all this, 00:04:23.000 --> 00:04:25.539 including what had happened to the demon-possessed men. 00:04:25.540 --> 00:04:28.379 Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus, 00:04:29.080 --> 00:04:34.939 and when they saw him, they pleaded with him to leave their region. 00:04:36.520 --> 00:04:37.000 Amen. 00:04:37.100 --> 00:04:44.460 We're going to focus our attention on those words that we find in verses 23 and 27. 00:04:44.460 --> 00:04:49.980 As we think about what is faith, let's begin with a statement. 00:04:49.980 --> 00:04:52.300 Here's our statement. 00:04:52.540 --> 00:05:01.000 In the storms of life, faith cries out to the storm defeating Jesus. 00:05:02.140 --> 00:05:05.819 That's what I hope we'll see as we look at this text. 00:05:05.900 --> 00:05:10.140 So we begin as our story begins in the storms of life. 00:05:10.139 --> 00:05:16.079 The setting for this story is the Lake of Galilee, sometimes known as the Sea of Galilee, 00:05:16.479 --> 00:05:21.439 some 700 feet below sea level, with cliffs, steep cliffs all around, 00:05:21.519 --> 00:05:24.360 so that winds would come down and would whistle around, 00:05:24.439 --> 00:05:26.439 and storms would be swept up really quickly. 00:05:28.800 --> 00:05:31.479 Doesn't that serve for us, in a sense, as a picture of life? 00:05:32.599 --> 00:05:34.339 Things can be going along quite fine, 00:05:34.339 --> 00:05:36.359 and then unexpected storms come, 00:05:36.359 --> 00:05:39.239 and they threaten to overwhelm us. 00:05:41.579 --> 00:05:44.819 Coronavirus seems like one of those storms, 00:05:44.879 --> 00:05:48.819 with so many waves crashing in at once. 00:05:49.779 --> 00:05:54.859 For some, it is family grief and trauma. 00:05:56.379 --> 00:05:58.239 Trauma for families, 00:05:58.459 --> 00:06:01.799 and trauma for those who are looking to care and help. 00:06:01.800 --> 00:06:04.759 There is strain on families, 00:06:05.020 --> 00:06:07.240 strain on our finances, 00:06:07.600 --> 00:06:10.280 strain on our emotional well-being, 00:06:10.439 --> 00:06:11.819 and on our faith. 00:06:13.360 --> 00:06:16.680 There are the waves of uncertainty and fear 00:06:16.680 --> 00:06:19.660 that keep crashing as we look to a future, 00:06:19.720 --> 00:06:22.680 and we have no idea what the new normal is going to be. 00:06:23.840 --> 00:06:28.160 A quick glance at some of the news reports from the BBC, 00:06:28.160 --> 00:06:32.640 it tells us that 25% of Scottish doctors 00:06:32.640 --> 00:06:36.240 are reporting some kind of mental health issue 00:06:36.240 --> 00:06:39.900 as they cope with coronavirus. 00:06:40.680 --> 00:06:46.680 25% of our nation's wages are being paid by the government. 00:06:47.300 --> 00:06:51.320 80% of our visitor attractions are threatened with closure 00:06:51.320 --> 00:06:53.860 because of prolonged lockdown. 00:06:53.860 --> 00:06:57.740 The university sector is looking at losses 00:06:57.740 --> 00:07:00.040 of somewhere in the region of £500 million. 00:07:01.199 --> 00:07:05.379 And we are seeing care home tragedy after tragedy. 00:07:05.379 --> 00:07:11.800 And this is not just true collectively. 00:07:12.000 --> 00:07:14.159 These storms don't just come nationally. 00:07:14.300 --> 00:07:18.899 We understand that this happens in our personal stories as well. 00:07:20.439 --> 00:07:22.740 Some of you will have had that experience 00:07:22.740 --> 00:07:28.259 of receiving a shocking cancer diagnosis, perhaps, 00:07:28.399 --> 00:07:30.079 when you had no symptoms. 00:07:30.079 --> 00:07:34.699 Relationships that seem to be going well 00:07:34.699 --> 00:07:37.019 that suddenly come to an end. 00:07:38.159 --> 00:07:40.459 Redundancies and lost opportunities 00:07:40.459 --> 00:07:42.120 coming as a bolt out of the blue. 00:07:43.839 --> 00:07:45.560 Maybe this sailing trip 00:07:45.560 --> 00:07:49.360 could be a snapshot of our life right now. 00:07:49.360 --> 00:07:52.920 More than that, 00:07:54.180 --> 00:07:56.400 we can understand this sailing trip 00:07:56.400 --> 00:07:58.080 as a picture of discipleship, 00:07:58.439 --> 00:08:01.500 as a picture of life following Jesus. 00:08:02.720 --> 00:08:04.520 I just want you to notice 00:08:04.520 --> 00:08:06.600 as we read verse 23 and 24 again, 00:08:08.360 --> 00:08:09.379 Jesus got into the boat 00:08:09.379 --> 00:08:11.460 and his disciples followed him. 00:08:11.520 --> 00:08:12.960 That's a discipleship word, 00:08:13.000 --> 00:08:14.020 a following word. 00:08:14.819 --> 00:08:15.199 Suddenly, 00:08:15.199 --> 00:08:18.019 a furious storm came up on the lakes 00:08:18.019 --> 00:08:19.599 that the waves swept over the boat. 00:08:21.439 --> 00:08:22.459 Following Jesus 00:08:22.459 --> 00:08:24.939 does not make us immune 00:08:24.939 --> 00:08:26.219 from suffering. 00:08:27.620 --> 00:08:28.519 Following Jesus 00:08:28.519 --> 00:08:30.159 does not mean life will be 00:08:30.159 --> 00:08:32.039 plain sailing. 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:34.000 Rather, 00:08:34.679 --> 00:08:35.799 following Jesus 00:08:35.799 --> 00:08:37.419 presents us with two realities. 00:08:37.639 --> 00:08:37.879 One, 00:08:38.620 --> 00:08:40.240 we will know suffering 00:08:40.240 --> 00:08:41.059 and trouble 00:08:41.059 --> 00:08:43.500 because we live in a broken world 00:08:43.500 --> 00:08:45.159 and we see pain all around us. 00:08:45.500 --> 00:08:46.980 And that comes to us too. 00:08:48.300 --> 00:08:49.400 But we also 00:08:49.400 --> 00:08:51.080 know peace 00:08:51.080 --> 00:08:52.580 when we know Jesus. 00:08:52.780 --> 00:08:53.000 Jesus, 00:08:53.120 --> 00:08:53.600 the one who said, 00:08:53.780 --> 00:08:55.080 I am with you always. 00:08:55.540 --> 00:08:56.200 Jesus who said, 00:08:56.520 --> 00:08:58.000 I have overcome 00:08:58.000 --> 00:08:59.640 the world. 00:09:02.580 --> 00:09:03.580 One other thing 00:09:03.580 --> 00:09:04.879 to recognize 00:09:04.879 --> 00:09:05.980 about these storms 00:09:05.980 --> 00:09:07.160 that come into our lives 00:09:07.160 --> 00:09:08.700 is that they can function for us 00:09:08.700 --> 00:09:09.460 as a mirror. 00:09:10.700 --> 00:09:12.580 They can reveal to us 00:09:12.580 --> 00:09:14.379 where our trust 00:09:14.379 --> 00:09:14.680 lies. 00:09:14.680 --> 00:09:18.920 If we can cast 00:09:18.920 --> 00:09:19.600 our minds back, 00:09:19.639 --> 00:09:20.780 and it seems hard to do 00:09:20.780 --> 00:09:21.460 in some ways, 00:09:22.120 --> 00:09:23.220 take our minds back 00:09:23.220 --> 00:09:24.400 to before 00:09:24.400 --> 00:09:25.720 the virus, 00:09:26.720 --> 00:09:27.759 perhaps we were 00:09:27.759 --> 00:09:29.360 quite content 00:09:29.360 --> 00:09:30.480 in trusting 00:09:30.480 --> 00:09:32.100 to our resources 00:09:32.100 --> 00:09:33.580 and natural abilities 00:09:33.580 --> 00:09:35.000 to get us through life. 00:09:35.000 --> 00:09:37.000 and it's maybe 00:09:37.000 --> 00:09:37.419 only now 00:09:37.419 --> 00:09:37.840 we're beginning 00:09:37.840 --> 00:09:39.159 to discover our limits. 00:09:40.419 --> 00:09:41.580 Maybe like many, 00:09:41.700 --> 00:09:42.460 we were trusting 00:09:42.460 --> 00:09:43.519 in our wealth 00:09:43.519 --> 00:09:44.620 and our technology 00:09:44.620 --> 00:09:45.679 to be a shelter 00:09:45.679 --> 00:09:46.559 for us. 00:09:46.559 --> 00:09:48.339 and now we feel 00:09:48.339 --> 00:09:49.879 dangerously exposed. 00:09:52.219 --> 00:09:53.819 Perhaps we were trusting 00:09:53.819 --> 00:09:54.939 in what we knew 00:09:54.939 --> 00:09:56.299 about God 00:09:56.299 --> 00:10:01.519 when the only thing 00:10:01.519 --> 00:10:02.099 that matters 00:10:02.099 --> 00:10:03.919 is trusting in the God 00:10:03.919 --> 00:10:04.599 that we know. 00:10:08.299 --> 00:10:09.359 Here's what I want 00:10:09.359 --> 00:10:10.819 for us today. 00:10:10.820 --> 00:10:13.140 I want it 00:10:13.140 --> 00:10:13.900 that you and I 00:10:13.900 --> 00:10:14.780 would see 00:10:14.780 --> 00:10:16.879 that when all is said 00:10:16.879 --> 00:10:17.240 and done, 00:10:17.360 --> 00:10:18.640 we should trust 00:10:18.640 --> 00:10:19.620 Jesus. 00:10:23.080 --> 00:10:24.820 In the storms of life, 00:10:26.200 --> 00:10:26.940 faith 00:10:26.940 --> 00:10:29.200 cries out. 00:10:30.500 --> 00:10:32.320 As people, 00:10:32.500 --> 00:10:33.300 we are born 00:10:33.300 --> 00:10:35.000 with an instinct. 00:10:36.280 --> 00:10:36.860 We have 00:10:36.860 --> 00:10:38.260 a new 00:10:38.260 --> 00:10:39.340 baby 00:10:39.340 --> 00:10:39.899 that's due 00:10:39.899 --> 00:10:40.940 to my brother 00:10:40.940 --> 00:10:41.580 and his wife 00:10:41.580 --> 00:10:43.120 coming any time 00:10:43.120 --> 00:10:43.580 in the next 00:10:43.580 --> 00:10:44.680 couple of weeks. 00:10:44.879 --> 00:10:46.040 And when that baby 00:10:46.040 --> 00:10:46.519 is born, 00:10:46.580 --> 00:10:46.960 as we pray 00:10:46.960 --> 00:10:47.820 it will be healthy, 00:10:48.440 --> 00:10:49.860 we know what babies do. 00:10:49.980 --> 00:10:50.980 When they need help, 00:10:51.060 --> 00:10:51.600 when they need 00:10:51.600 --> 00:10:52.580 attention, 00:10:52.720 --> 00:10:53.480 when they need food, 00:10:53.560 --> 00:10:54.700 they will instinctively 00:10:54.700 --> 00:10:55.860 cry out. 00:10:57.200 --> 00:10:57.980 That's true 00:10:57.980 --> 00:11:00.040 when we are children. 00:11:00.379 --> 00:11:00.980 If you need help, 00:11:01.019 --> 00:11:01.560 if you're in trouble, 00:11:01.620 --> 00:11:02.200 if you're afraid, 00:11:02.259 --> 00:11:02.879 it's natural, 00:11:02.980 --> 00:11:03.700 it's instinctive 00:11:03.700 --> 00:11:04.139 to cry, 00:11:04.480 --> 00:11:05.160 help me 00:11:05.160 --> 00:11:06.560 to parents. 00:11:08.180 --> 00:11:08.940 But that instinct, 00:11:08.940 --> 00:11:10.720 it never leaves us. 00:11:11.960 --> 00:11:13.240 There is a reminder 00:11:13.240 --> 00:11:14.260 to us constantly 00:11:14.260 --> 00:11:15.080 of our 00:11:15.080 --> 00:11:16.180 dependence. 00:11:17.680 --> 00:11:18.480 There will be 00:11:18.480 --> 00:11:19.160 different times 00:11:19.160 --> 00:11:19.600 in our lives 00:11:19.600 --> 00:11:20.140 where we are 00:11:20.140 --> 00:11:21.020 asking someone, 00:11:21.180 --> 00:11:22.480 save me, 00:11:22.860 --> 00:11:23.520 help me. 00:11:25.300 --> 00:11:26.160 Today and in the 00:11:26.160 --> 00:11:27.020 last few weeks, 00:11:27.860 --> 00:11:29.260 we have become 00:11:29.260 --> 00:11:29.980 as a nation 00:11:29.980 --> 00:11:31.600 increasingly grateful 00:11:31.600 --> 00:11:33.580 to our NHS, 00:11:33.960 --> 00:11:34.700 to our frontline 00:11:34.700 --> 00:11:35.180 workers, 00:11:35.320 --> 00:11:36.560 to our key workers, 00:11:36.559 --> 00:11:37.759 because we recognise, 00:11:38.439 --> 00:11:38.599 wow, 00:11:38.679 --> 00:11:39.319 we desperately 00:11:39.319 --> 00:11:40.299 need their help. 00:11:40.419 --> 00:11:40.979 We desperately 00:11:40.979 --> 00:11:42.779 need the service 00:11:42.779 --> 00:11:44.779 that they so lovingly 00:11:44.779 --> 00:11:45.799 and helpfully 00:11:45.799 --> 00:11:46.919 provide for us. 00:11:47.859 --> 00:11:48.679 We have found 00:11:48.679 --> 00:11:49.019 ourselves, 00:11:49.119 --> 00:11:49.839 maybe for the first 00:11:49.839 --> 00:11:50.199 time, 00:11:51.139 --> 00:11:51.979 looking to our 00:11:51.979 --> 00:11:53.179 government leaders 00:11:53.179 --> 00:11:56.299 for help 00:11:56.299 --> 00:11:56.939 in how to 00:11:56.939 --> 00:11:57.599 navigate 00:11:57.599 --> 00:11:59.419 through 00:11:59.419 --> 00:12:00.699 these 00:12:00.699 --> 00:12:01.959 circumstances. 00:12:01.960 --> 00:12:02.200 circumstances. 00:12:04.280 --> 00:12:05.280 But the question 00:12:05.280 --> 00:12:05.940 we ask 00:12:05.940 --> 00:12:06.600 when storms 00:12:06.600 --> 00:12:07.019 hit 00:12:07.019 --> 00:12:08.960 by instinct 00:12:08.960 --> 00:12:09.300 is, 00:12:09.700 --> 00:12:11.019 who or what 00:12:11.019 --> 00:12:12.540 do I believe 00:12:12.540 --> 00:12:13.040 will get me 00:12:13.040 --> 00:12:13.480 through this 00:12:13.480 --> 00:12:13.820 trouble? 00:12:14.860 --> 00:12:15.800 Where should I 00:12:15.800 --> 00:12:16.780 place my 00:12:16.780 --> 00:12:18.019 trust? 00:12:19.340 --> 00:12:19.900 Who or what 00:12:19.900 --> 00:12:20.400 will I 00:12:20.400 --> 00:12:21.240 ask, 00:12:21.639 --> 00:12:22.320 help me, 00:12:22.920 --> 00:12:23.580 save me? 00:12:24.340 --> 00:12:25.180 And the Gospel 00:12:25.180 --> 00:12:25.600 of Matthew 00:12:25.600 --> 00:12:26.000 and indeed 00:12:26.000 --> 00:12:26.840 all the Gospels 00:12:26.840 --> 00:12:27.500 and the whole 00:12:27.500 --> 00:12:27.780 Bible 00:12:27.780 --> 00:12:29.040 would have us 00:12:29.039 --> 00:12:29.459 to see 00:12:29.459 --> 00:12:30.079 ultimately 00:12:30.079 --> 00:12:30.500 at the end 00:12:30.500 --> 00:12:30.860 of the day 00:12:30.860 --> 00:12:32.099 Jesus is 00:12:32.099 --> 00:12:33.079 the only 00:12:33.079 --> 00:12:34.719 proper object 00:12:34.719 --> 00:12:35.759 for your 00:12:35.759 --> 00:12:36.219 faith. 00:12:36.939 --> 00:12:37.439 He is the 00:12:37.439 --> 00:12:38.659 only one, 00:12:38.779 --> 00:12:39.139 the only 00:12:39.139 --> 00:12:39.620 thing that 00:12:39.620 --> 00:12:40.299 will not 00:12:40.299 --> 00:12:40.980 disappoint, 00:12:41.339 --> 00:12:41.860 that will 00:12:41.860 --> 00:12:43.439 not leave 00:12:43.439 --> 00:12:43.879 you. 00:12:45.199 --> 00:12:45.659 He would 00:12:45.659 --> 00:12:46.699 have us 00:12:46.699 --> 00:12:47.779 to grow 00:12:47.779 --> 00:12:48.399 in our 00:12:48.399 --> 00:12:49.099 trust 00:12:49.099 --> 00:12:50.399 of Jesus 00:12:50.399 --> 00:12:52.399 and to 00:12:52.399 --> 00:12:53.459 act out 00:12:53.459 --> 00:12:53.959 of 00:12:53.959 --> 00:12:55.120 that trust 00:12:55.120 --> 00:12:55.939 in 00:12:55.939 --> 00:12:56.719 Jesus. 00:12:56.720 --> 00:12:58.960 this kind 00:12:58.960 --> 00:12:59.360 of faith, 00:12:59.420 --> 00:12:59.860 this faith 00:12:59.860 --> 00:13:00.440 that cries 00:13:00.440 --> 00:13:00.700 out, 00:13:00.800 --> 00:13:01.379 it requires 00:13:01.379 --> 00:13:01.779 us to 00:13:01.779 --> 00:13:02.019 know 00:13:02.019 --> 00:13:02.460 certain 00:13:02.460 --> 00:13:03.080 things 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:04.040 about 00:13:04.040 --> 00:13:04.420 our 00:13:04.420 --> 00:13:04.820 God. 00:13:05.740 --> 00:13:06.180 So 00:13:06.180 --> 00:13:06.519 hopefully 00:13:06.519 --> 00:13:07.700 if you're 00:13:07.700 --> 00:13:08.399 in our 00:13:08.399 --> 00:13:08.759 church you 00:13:08.759 --> 00:13:09.100 know that 00:13:09.100 --> 00:13:09.300 we're 00:13:09.300 --> 00:13:09.820 learning 00:13:09.820 --> 00:13:10.660 a new 00:13:10.660 --> 00:13:11.080 song. 00:13:11.740 --> 00:13:12.060 Boys and 00:13:12.060 --> 00:13:12.180 girls, 00:13:12.240 --> 00:13:12.420 I hope 00:13:12.420 --> 00:13:12.660 it's a 00:13:12.660 --> 00:13:13.040 song that 00:13:13.040 --> 00:13:13.379 you'll 00:13:13.379 --> 00:13:14.060 be able 00:13:14.060 --> 00:13:14.500 to really 00:13:14.500 --> 00:13:15.060 enjoy 00:13:15.060 --> 00:13:15.820 from 00:13:15.820 --> 00:13:16.220 Colin 00:13:16.220 --> 00:13:16.820 Buchanan 00:13:16.820 --> 00:13:17.740 along with 00:13:17.740 --> 00:13:18.160 City of 00:13:18.160 --> 00:13:18.320 Light. 00:13:18.440 --> 00:13:18.480 It's 00:13:18.480 --> 00:13:18.779 called 00:13:18.779 --> 00:13:19.800 Jesus 00:13:19.800 --> 00:13:21.160 Strong 00:13:21.160 --> 00:13:21.980 and Kind. 00:13:22.920 --> 00:13:23.660 And for 00:13:23.660 --> 00:13:24.259 our boys 00:13:24.259 --> 00:13:24.759 and girls 00:13:24.759 --> 00:13:25.399 this is 00:13:25.399 --> 00:13:26.399 a truth 00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:26.699 that we 00:13:26.699 --> 00:13:27.299 would love 00:13:27.299 --> 00:13:27.879 for you 00:13:27.879 --> 00:13:28.620 to learn 00:13:28.620 --> 00:13:29.679 early in 00:13:29.679 --> 00:13:30.159 your life, 00:13:30.379 --> 00:13:30.720 to go 00:13:30.720 --> 00:13:31.360 through all 00:13:31.360 --> 00:13:31.819 your life 00:13:31.819 --> 00:13:32.319 knowing that 00:13:32.319 --> 00:13:32.959 whether life 00:13:32.959 --> 00:13:33.379 is easier, 00:13:33.480 --> 00:13:33.879 whether life 00:13:33.879 --> 00:13:34.439 is hard, 00:13:34.959 --> 00:13:35.240 you would 00:13:35.240 --> 00:13:35.559 know you 00:13:35.559 --> 00:13:36.199 could trust 00:13:36.199 --> 00:13:36.819 in Jesus, 00:13:36.939 --> 00:13:37.179 you can 00:13:37.179 --> 00:13:37.959 always run 00:13:37.959 --> 00:13:38.480 to Jesus, 00:13:38.579 --> 00:13:38.819 you can 00:13:38.819 --> 00:13:39.319 pray to 00:13:39.319 --> 00:13:39.919 him because 00:13:39.919 --> 00:13:40.179 he is 00:13:40.179 --> 00:13:41.279 strong and 00:13:41.279 --> 00:13:41.639 he is 00:13:41.639 --> 00:13:42.100 kind. 00:13:44.059 --> 00:13:44.559 God, 00:13:45.600 --> 00:13:46.220 Jesus is 00:13:46.220 --> 00:13:46.740 the son of 00:13:46.740 --> 00:13:46.939 God, 00:13:47.019 --> 00:13:47.399 he is 00:13:47.399 --> 00:13:47.720 God, 00:13:47.860 --> 00:13:48.819 God is 00:13:48.819 --> 00:13:50.539 your creator, 00:13:51.919 --> 00:13:52.539 God is 00:13:52.539 --> 00:13:53.559 the sustainer 00:13:53.559 --> 00:13:55.119 of life and 00:13:55.119 --> 00:13:55.939 God in 00:13:55.939 --> 00:13:56.679 Jesus is 00:13:56.679 --> 00:13:57.339 your only 00:13:57.339 --> 00:13:58.699 saviour and 00:13:58.699 --> 00:13:59.500 Jesus is 00:13:59.500 --> 00:14:00.539 compassionate and 00:14:00.539 --> 00:14:01.079 good and 00:14:01.079 --> 00:14:01.559 kind as we 00:14:01.559 --> 00:14:01.979 see all 00:14:01.979 --> 00:14:03.000 through the 00:14:03.000 --> 00:14:03.899 gospels. 00:14:04.899 --> 00:14:05.319 So the 00:14:05.319 --> 00:14:07.199 disciples in 00:14:07.199 --> 00:14:07.799 the boat, 00:14:07.899 --> 00:14:08.879 in the storm, 00:14:09.339 --> 00:14:10.439 they come to 00:14:10.439 --> 00:14:11.559 Jesus with 00:14:11.559 --> 00:14:12.099 urgency. 00:14:12.699 --> 00:14:13.359 Verse 25, 00:14:13.459 --> 00:14:13.959 the disciples 00:14:13.959 --> 00:14:14.519 went and 00:14:14.519 --> 00:14:14.919 woke him 00:14:14.919 --> 00:14:15.139 saying, 00:14:15.319 --> 00:14:15.639 Lord, 00:14:16.119 --> 00:14:17.000 save us, 00:14:17.379 --> 00:14:17.979 we're going 00:14:17.979 --> 00:14:18.919 to drown. 00:14:19.519 --> 00:14:20.179 This is no 00:14:20.179 --> 00:14:21.439 carefully rehearsed 00:14:21.439 --> 00:14:22.019 speech, 00:14:22.139 --> 00:14:22.639 this is coming 00:14:22.639 --> 00:14:23.299 at a point 00:14:23.299 --> 00:14:24.319 of desperation 00:14:24.319 --> 00:14:25.179 and urgency 00:14:25.179 --> 00:14:25.879 and honesty. 00:14:26.539 --> 00:14:26.879 Here are 00:14:26.879 --> 00:14:27.159 some of 00:14:27.159 --> 00:14:27.840 them seasoned 00:14:27.840 --> 00:14:28.379 fishermen, 00:14:28.960 --> 00:14:29.399 they know 00:14:29.399 --> 00:14:30.000 they're in 00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:30.559 a storm 00:14:30.559 --> 00:14:31.240 that's beyond 00:14:31.240 --> 00:14:32.480 their capacity 00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:32.980 to cope 00:14:32.980 --> 00:14:33.539 with and 00:14:33.539 --> 00:14:34.240 it's outside 00:14:34.240 --> 00:14:34.740 of their 00:14:34.740 --> 00:14:35.340 control and 00:14:35.340 --> 00:14:35.600 so they 00:14:35.600 --> 00:14:36.559 ask Jesus 00:14:36.559 --> 00:14:38.159 to rescue. 00:14:39.519 --> 00:14:40.220 They say, 00:14:40.319 --> 00:14:40.740 Jesus, 00:14:41.039 --> 00:14:41.659 help me. 00:14:42.759 --> 00:14:43.139 Gripped 00:14:43.139 --> 00:14:44.699 by fear, 00:14:46.100 --> 00:14:47.559 faith cries 00:14:47.559 --> 00:14:47.939 out, 00:14:48.899 --> 00:14:49.279 Lord, 00:14:49.980 --> 00:14:51.179 you are 00:14:51.179 --> 00:14:51.899 my only 00:14:51.899 --> 00:14:53.099 hope in 00:14:53.099 --> 00:14:53.899 life and 00:14:53.899 --> 00:14:54.279 death. 00:14:55.139 --> 00:14:55.519 Will you 00:14:55.519 --> 00:14:56.239 save me? 00:14:56.599 --> 00:14:57.000 Will you 00:14:57.000 --> 00:14:57.599 help me? 00:14:57.899 --> 00:14:58.279 Will you 00:14:58.279 --> 00:14:59.459 be for 00:14:59.459 --> 00:15:00.059 me? 00:15:01.379 --> 00:15:02.599 Here is 00:15:02.599 --> 00:15:03.620 the disciples 00:15:03.620 --> 00:15:04.339 in their 00:15:04.339 --> 00:15:05.259 cry of 00:15:05.259 --> 00:15:05.559 faith. 00:15:06.319 --> 00:15:06.699 Yes, 00:15:06.799 --> 00:15:07.479 Jesus says 00:15:07.479 --> 00:15:08.159 they have 00:15:08.159 --> 00:15:08.599 little 00:15:08.599 --> 00:15:09.139 faith. 00:15:09.779 --> 00:15:10.239 Their faith 00:15:10.239 --> 00:15:10.759 is weak 00:15:10.759 --> 00:15:10.979 and it 00:15:10.979 --> 00:15:11.379 needs to 00:15:11.379 --> 00:15:11.579 grow, 00:15:11.699 --> 00:15:12.219 but still 00:15:12.219 --> 00:15:12.620 it is 00:15:12.620 --> 00:15:13.059 faith. 00:15:14.479 --> 00:15:15.099 And these 00:15:15.099 --> 00:15:16.479 fearful men 00:15:16.479 --> 00:15:16.799 who are 00:15:16.799 --> 00:15:17.539 also men 00:15:17.539 --> 00:15:18.439 of faith, 00:15:18.699 --> 00:15:19.219 what is it 00:15:19.220 --> 00:15:19.540 that they 00:15:19.540 --> 00:15:20.340 discover? 00:15:21.940 --> 00:15:22.300 And by 00:15:22.300 --> 00:15:22.660 the end 00:15:22.660 --> 00:15:22.860 they're 00:15:22.860 --> 00:15:23.620 amazed at 00:15:23.620 --> 00:15:24.019 Jesus. 00:15:24.399 --> 00:15:24.800 As Don 00:15:24.800 --> 00:15:25.040 Carson 00:15:25.040 --> 00:15:25.460 puts it, 00:15:25.779 --> 00:15:26.399 they discover 00:15:26.399 --> 00:15:27.240 Jesus is 00:15:27.240 --> 00:15:28.040 far more 00:15:28.040 --> 00:15:29.899 wonderful than 00:15:29.899 --> 00:15:30.600 even these 00:15:30.600 --> 00:15:32.120 closest followers 00:15:32.120 --> 00:15:33.160 suspect. 00:15:34.639 --> 00:15:35.340 So they 00:15:35.340 --> 00:15:35.840 cry out, 00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:36.300 not even 00:15:36.300 --> 00:15:37.759 fully confident 00:15:37.759 --> 00:15:38.360 of what kind 00:15:38.360 --> 00:15:38.820 of answer 00:15:38.820 --> 00:15:39.200 they're going 00:15:39.200 --> 00:15:39.480 to get, 00:15:39.540 --> 00:15:39.740 but they 00:15:39.740 --> 00:15:39.960 get this 00:15:39.960 --> 00:15:40.540 wonderful 00:15:40.540 --> 00:15:41.840 answer. 00:15:42.560 --> 00:15:42.960 But faith 00:15:42.960 --> 00:15:43.680 cries out. 00:15:44.600 --> 00:15:45.139 Last week 00:15:45.139 --> 00:15:45.460 I was 00:15:45.460 --> 00:15:47.160 listening to 00:15:47.160 --> 00:15:48.320 an interview 00:15:48.320 --> 00:15:51.100 of a 00:15:51.100 --> 00:15:51.600 Christian 00:15:51.600 --> 00:15:52.300 minister 00:15:52.300 --> 00:15:53.600 with 00:15:53.600 --> 00:15:54.139 terminal 00:15:54.139 --> 00:15:54.780 cancer. 00:15:56.300 --> 00:15:56.700 And he 00:15:56.700 --> 00:15:57.220 was talking 00:15:57.220 --> 00:15:58.700 about having 00:15:58.700 --> 00:15:59.420 received that 00:15:59.420 --> 00:16:00.320 diagnosis and 00:16:00.320 --> 00:16:01.180 going through 00:16:01.180 --> 00:16:02.519 the treatment 00:16:02.519 --> 00:16:03.300 process as 00:16:03.300 --> 00:16:03.920 being a time 00:16:03.920 --> 00:16:04.240 where his 00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:05.220 faith became, 00:16:05.320 --> 00:16:05.600 and his 00:16:05.600 --> 00:16:06.560 praying rather, 00:16:07.040 --> 00:16:08.360 became real. 00:16:09.680 --> 00:16:10.220 Where there 00:16:10.220 --> 00:16:10.820 was a new 00:16:10.820 --> 00:16:11.800 honesty. 00:16:13.019 --> 00:16:13.460 Gone was 00:16:13.460 --> 00:16:14.300 any sort of 00:16:14.300 --> 00:16:15.139 pretense or 00:16:15.139 --> 00:16:15.639 show, 00:16:16.799 --> 00:16:17.199 now was 00:16:17.199 --> 00:16:17.679 raw, 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:18.399 honest, 00:16:19.480 --> 00:16:20.759 before God, 00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:22.659 his Father. 00:16:25.000 --> 00:16:25.939 Psalm 62 00:16:25.939 --> 00:16:26.419 in verse 00:16:26.419 --> 00:16:28.360 8 encourages 00:16:28.360 --> 00:16:28.919 us to 00:16:28.919 --> 00:16:30.220 pour out 00:16:30.220 --> 00:16:31.639 your hearts 00:16:31.639 --> 00:16:32.259 to him, 00:16:33.000 --> 00:16:33.879 for God 00:16:33.879 --> 00:16:35.600 is your 00:16:35.600 --> 00:16:36.620 refuge. 00:16:38.059 --> 00:16:38.980 God knows 00:16:38.980 --> 00:16:39.919 everything 00:16:39.919 --> 00:16:41.559 about us. 00:16:42.879 --> 00:16:43.779 There is no 00:16:43.779 --> 00:16:44.360 point in us 00:16:44.360 --> 00:16:44.899 putting on a 00:16:44.899 --> 00:16:45.300 mask. 00:16:46.500 --> 00:16:47.180 God knows 00:16:47.180 --> 00:16:47.580 how you 00:16:47.580 --> 00:16:48.360 feel today. 00:16:49.300 --> 00:16:49.659 He knows 00:16:49.659 --> 00:16:50.259 your fears 00:16:50.259 --> 00:16:50.560 today. 00:16:50.700 --> 00:16:51.600 So be 00:16:51.600 --> 00:16:53.180 honest with 00:16:53.180 --> 00:16:53.399 him. 00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:55.820 Pray to 00:16:55.820 --> 00:16:56.279 him out of 00:16:56.279 --> 00:16:56.960 that place of 00:16:56.960 --> 00:16:57.800 honesty and 00:16:57.800 --> 00:16:58.620 desperation if 00:16:58.620 --> 00:16:59.039 that's where 00:16:59.039 --> 00:16:59.500 you are. 00:17:01.500 --> 00:17:02.019 Again, 00:17:02.700 --> 00:17:03.320 Colin 00:17:03.320 --> 00:17:03.779 Buchanan, 00:17:03.980 --> 00:17:05.480 the children's 00:17:05.480 --> 00:17:08.220 songwriters, 00:17:08.380 --> 00:17:09.059 they stop 00:17:09.059 --> 00:17:09.480 what you're 00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:10.920 doing and 00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:11.500 pray to 00:17:11.500 --> 00:17:11.940 Jesus. 00:17:13.140 --> 00:17:13.559 That's 00:17:13.559 --> 00:17:13.920 wisdom, 00:17:14.000 --> 00:17:14.299 not just 00:17:14.299 --> 00:17:14.779 for children, 00:17:14.900 --> 00:17:15.119 that's 00:17:15.119 --> 00:17:15.900 wisdom for 00:17:15.900 --> 00:17:16.559 all of 00:17:16.559 --> 00:17:16.900 us. 00:17:17.859 --> 00:17:18.660 Stop and 00:17:18.660 --> 00:17:20.240 recognise who 00:17:20.240 --> 00:17:20.799 is on the 00:17:20.799 --> 00:17:21.160 throne, 00:17:21.779 --> 00:17:22.519 recognise his 00:17:22.519 --> 00:17:23.119 goodness and 00:17:23.119 --> 00:17:23.579 love that 00:17:23.579 --> 00:17:24.259 is for 00:17:24.259 --> 00:17:24.740 you. 00:17:26.339 --> 00:17:26.920 Lean on 00:17:26.920 --> 00:17:27.220 that, 00:17:27.940 --> 00:17:28.660 cry out to 00:17:28.660 --> 00:17:28.980 him in 00:17:28.980 --> 00:17:29.279 faith. 00:17:30.619 --> 00:17:31.400 Notice in 00:17:31.400 --> 00:17:32.779 verse 26 00:17:32.779 --> 00:17:33.200 that Jesus 00:17:33.200 --> 00:17:34.119 doesn't object 00:17:34.119 --> 00:17:36.219 to their 00:17:36.219 --> 00:17:36.899 cries. 00:17:37.179 --> 00:17:37.539 He replied, 00:17:37.699 --> 00:17:38.039 you have 00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:38.719 little faith, 00:17:38.859 --> 00:17:40.039 why are 00:17:40.039 --> 00:17:40.839 you so 00:17:40.839 --> 00:17:41.479 afraid? 00:17:42.479 --> 00:17:43.039 He wants 00:17:43.039 --> 00:17:43.679 their little 00:17:43.679 --> 00:17:45.219 faith to 00:17:45.219 --> 00:17:45.479 become 00:17:45.479 --> 00:17:46.099 stronger. 00:17:47.399 --> 00:17:47.779 Ultimately, 00:17:47.959 --> 00:17:48.619 Jesus would 00:17:48.619 --> 00:17:49.259 have faith 00:17:49.259 --> 00:17:50.299 in him to 00:17:50.299 --> 00:17:51.079 drive out 00:17:51.079 --> 00:17:52.000 paralysing 00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:52.500 fear. 00:17:54.579 --> 00:17:55.319 Matthew and 00:17:55.319 --> 00:17:55.759 all the other 00:17:55.759 --> 00:17:56.559 gospel writers, 00:17:56.699 --> 00:17:56.959 they are 00:17:56.959 --> 00:17:59.000 honest about 00:17:59.000 --> 00:17:59.919 the disciples. 00:18:00.639 --> 00:18:01.259 These followers 00:18:01.259 --> 00:18:01.699 of Jesus, 00:18:01.799 --> 00:18:02.319 just like us, 00:18:02.379 --> 00:18:02.779 they're on a 00:18:02.779 --> 00:18:03.039 journey, 00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:03.519 they're on a 00:18:03.519 --> 00:18:04.000 journey of 00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:04.500 faith and 00:18:04.500 --> 00:18:05.139 that faith 00:18:05.139 --> 00:18:05.819 would grow 00:18:05.819 --> 00:18:06.220 and that 00:18:06.220 --> 00:18:06.759 faith would 00:18:06.759 --> 00:18:07.319 grow as 00:18:07.319 --> 00:18:07.599 they would 00:18:07.599 --> 00:18:08.019 come to 00:18:08.019 --> 00:18:08.659 see more 00:18:08.659 --> 00:18:09.139 and more 00:18:09.139 --> 00:18:10.180 of the 00:18:10.180 --> 00:18:11.220 identity of 00:18:11.220 --> 00:18:11.519 Jesus. 00:18:12.759 --> 00:18:13.399 As they 00:18:13.399 --> 00:18:14.099 would understand 00:18:14.099 --> 00:18:14.559 more and 00:18:14.559 --> 00:18:15.819 more of 00:18:15.819 --> 00:18:16.420 Jesus as 00:18:16.420 --> 00:18:17.019 the son of 00:18:17.019 --> 00:18:17.399 God who 00:18:17.399 --> 00:18:17.639 would come 00:18:17.639 --> 00:18:18.119 to be the 00:18:18.119 --> 00:18:18.480 saviour. 00:18:18.579 --> 00:18:19.240 So here 00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:20.299 they're about 00:18:20.299 --> 00:18:20.960 to see Jesus 00:18:20.960 --> 00:18:21.700 has power and 00:18:21.700 --> 00:18:22.420 authority over 00:18:22.420 --> 00:18:22.899 nature. 00:18:23.299 --> 00:18:23.799 He has power 00:18:23.799 --> 00:18:24.339 and authority 00:18:24.339 --> 00:18:25.159 to save. 00:18:25.539 --> 00:18:26.200 He can deal 00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:26.659 with the 00:18:26.659 --> 00:18:27.279 forces that 00:18:27.279 --> 00:18:28.159 come against 00:18:28.159 --> 00:18:28.940 his people 00:18:28.940 --> 00:18:29.480 and threaten 00:18:29.480 --> 00:18:30.460 to overwhelm 00:18:30.460 --> 00:18:31.579 and later 00:18:31.579 --> 00:18:34.019 later they 00:18:34.019 --> 00:18:34.659 will see 00:18:34.659 --> 00:18:35.779 how Jesus 00:18:35.779 --> 00:18:36.740 has come 00:18:36.740 --> 00:18:38.859 to rescue 00:18:38.859 --> 00:18:40.159 from sin 00:18:40.159 --> 00:18:41.199 and judgment. 00:18:42.139 --> 00:18:42.639 Jesus is 00:18:42.639 --> 00:18:43.359 sitting with 00:18:43.359 --> 00:18:44.179 them in a 00:18:44.179 --> 00:18:45.639 storm so 00:18:45.639 --> 00:18:46.279 that in the 00:18:46.279 --> 00:18:46.839 fullness of 00:18:46.839 --> 00:18:47.460 time he 00:18:47.460 --> 00:18:48.519 would go to 00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:49.279 the cross 00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:50.500 and he would 00:18:50.500 --> 00:18:51.199 defeat their 00:18:51.199 --> 00:18:52.519 greatest enemies, 00:18:52.639 --> 00:18:53.839 your greatest 00:18:53.839 --> 00:18:54.579 enemy. 00:18:55.679 --> 00:18:56.559 Sin that leads 00:18:56.559 --> 00:18:57.339 to death, 00:18:57.419 --> 00:18:58.259 that leads to 00:18:58.259 --> 00:18:59.639 eternal separation 00:18:59.640 --> 00:19:00.420 from God. 00:19:01.240 --> 00:19:01.960 Jesus will 00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:04.500 rescue and 00:19:04.500 --> 00:19:05.040 the disciples 00:19:05.040 --> 00:19:05.740 will come to 00:19:05.740 --> 00:19:08.020 discover as 00:19:08.020 --> 00:19:08.759 they see 00:19:08.759 --> 00:19:09.400 Jesus three 00:19:09.400 --> 00:19:10.040 days later 00:19:10.040 --> 00:19:11.100 risen from 00:19:11.100 --> 00:19:11.660 the dead that 00:19:11.660 --> 00:19:12.259 there is life 00:19:12.259 --> 00:19:12.660 and there is 00:19:12.660 --> 00:19:13.780 victory in 00:19:13.780 --> 00:19:14.420 the death and 00:19:14.420 --> 00:19:15.300 resurrection of 00:19:15.300 --> 00:19:15.800 Jesus. 00:19:17.680 --> 00:19:18.620 Faith cries 00:19:18.620 --> 00:19:20.780 out and the 00:19:20.780 --> 00:19:21.380 more that we 00:19:21.380 --> 00:19:22.980 know of our 00:19:22.980 --> 00:19:24.300 God and the 00:19:24.300 --> 00:19:25.320 more we can 00:19:25.320 --> 00:19:26.800 trust him and 00:19:26.800 --> 00:19:27.560 cry out to 00:19:27.560 --> 00:19:27.780 him. 00:19:27.779 --> 00:19:30.500 So just 00:19:30.500 --> 00:19:30.920 before we 00:19:30.920 --> 00:19:31.299 leave this 00:19:31.299 --> 00:19:31.859 remember that 00:19:31.859 --> 00:19:32.259 there's that 00:19:32.259 --> 00:19:32.720 week of 00:19:32.720 --> 00:19:33.940 prayer coming 00:19:33.940 --> 00:19:34.460 up and I 00:19:34.460 --> 00:19:34.980 hope we all 00:19:34.980 --> 00:19:35.500 see that we 00:19:35.500 --> 00:19:36.599 need prayer 00:19:36.599 --> 00:19:37.099 don't we? 00:19:37.200 --> 00:19:37.879 Our family and 00:19:37.879 --> 00:19:38.240 our friends 00:19:38.240 --> 00:19:39.859 they need our 00:19:39.859 --> 00:19:40.519 prayers, they 00:19:40.519 --> 00:19:40.839 need the 00:19:40.839 --> 00:19:41.399 prayers of the 00:19:41.399 --> 00:19:41.759 church, our 00:19:41.759 --> 00:19:43.339 nation needs 00:19:43.339 --> 00:19:45.099 for the people 00:19:45.099 --> 00:19:45.740 of faith to 00:19:45.740 --> 00:19:47.539 cry out for 00:19:47.539 --> 00:19:48.440 God's help, 00:19:49.259 --> 00:19:50.079 God's mercy 00:19:50.079 --> 00:19:50.859 and God's 00:19:50.859 --> 00:19:51.359 compassion. 00:19:51.500 --> 00:19:51.759 So will you 00:19:51.759 --> 00:19:53.099 join with 00:19:53.099 --> 00:19:55.720 us in the 00:19:55.720 --> 00:19:56.240 storms of 00:19:56.240 --> 00:19:56.559 life? 00:19:57.559 --> 00:19:58.380 Faith cries 00:19:58.380 --> 00:19:58.980 out to the 00:19:58.980 --> 00:20:00.359 storm defeating 00:20:00.359 --> 00:20:01.579 Jesus. 00:20:02.720 --> 00:20:03.420 Boys and 00:20:03.420 --> 00:20:04.700 girls, I 00:20:04.700 --> 00:20:06.579 know that 00:20:06.579 --> 00:20:07.460 some of you 00:20:07.460 --> 00:20:08.779 are enjoying 00:20:08.779 --> 00:20:09.940 different aspects 00:20:09.940 --> 00:20:10.700 of homeschool 00:20:10.700 --> 00:20:10.960 and some 00:20:10.960 --> 00:20:11.660 aspects not so 00:20:11.660 --> 00:20:12.180 much but maybe 00:20:12.180 --> 00:20:12.480 you're all 00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:13.039 enjoying bits 00:20:13.039 --> 00:20:13.500 of science. 00:20:13.599 --> 00:20:13.880 Well here's a 00:20:13.880 --> 00:20:14.620 little bath time 00:20:14.620 --> 00:20:15.519 experiment for 00:20:15.519 --> 00:20:16.859 you and let 00:20:16.859 --> 00:20:17.079 me just 00:20:17.079 --> 00:20:18.339 apologise to 00:20:18.339 --> 00:20:19.240 parents for 00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:19.799 the suggestion 00:20:19.799 --> 00:20:21.539 but fill a 00:20:21.539 --> 00:20:23.759 bath and make 00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:24.880 that bath a 00:20:24.880 --> 00:20:25.860 stormy sea and 00:20:25.860 --> 00:20:26.320 I know that 00:20:26.320 --> 00:20:26.760 you know how 00:20:26.760 --> 00:20:27.880 to make a 00:20:27.880 --> 00:20:28.660 stormy sea in 00:20:28.660 --> 00:20:29.380 a bathtub. 00:20:30.580 --> 00:20:31.740 And then after 00:20:31.740 --> 00:20:32.180 a point when 00:20:32.180 --> 00:20:32.940 it's all really 00:20:32.940 --> 00:20:33.500 churned up, 00:20:33.860 --> 00:20:34.560 stop splashing 00:20:34.560 --> 00:20:36.380 and see how 00:20:36.380 --> 00:20:36.940 long it takes 00:20:36.940 --> 00:20:37.480 for the water 00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:38.260 to grow calm. 00:20:39.480 --> 00:20:39.860 You see even 00:20:39.860 --> 00:20:40.200 in a little 00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:40.900 bathtub it will 00:20:40.900 --> 00:20:41.560 take a while 00:20:41.560 --> 00:20:42.680 for those waves 00:20:42.680 --> 00:20:43.300 to halt. 00:20:44.180 --> 00:20:44.940 But here in 00:20:44.940 --> 00:20:46.360 our Bible we 00:20:46.360 --> 00:20:47.260 have this amazing 00:20:47.260 --> 00:20:48.180 demonstration of 00:20:48.180 --> 00:20:48.760 the authority 00:20:48.760 --> 00:20:49.340 of Jesus. 00:20:50.280 --> 00:20:50.700 Listen to 00:20:50.700 --> 00:20:51.460 verse 26 00:20:51.460 --> 00:20:51.860 again. 00:20:52.460 --> 00:20:53.040 So having said 00:20:53.040 --> 00:20:53.660 to his disciples 00:20:53.660 --> 00:20:54.279 you of little 00:20:54.279 --> 00:20:54.840 faith why 00:20:54.840 --> 00:20:55.180 are you so 00:20:55.180 --> 00:20:55.540 afraid? 00:20:55.960 --> 00:20:56.480 Then he 00:20:56.480 --> 00:20:57.759 got up and 00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:58.900 rebuked the 00:20:58.900 --> 00:20:59.480 winds and the 00:20:59.480 --> 00:21:00.540 waves and it 00:21:00.540 --> 00:21:02.340 was completely 00:21:02.340 --> 00:21:02.900 calm. 00:21:03.720 --> 00:21:04.420 Here is first 00:21:04.420 --> 00:21:04.840 of all a 00:21:04.840 --> 00:21:05.759 simple rebuke 00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:07.200 as if Jesus 00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:07.820 was a parent 00:21:07.820 --> 00:21:08.720 talking to 00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:10.300 the storm as 00:21:10.300 --> 00:21:10.840 a child. 00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:11.900 You need to 00:21:11.900 --> 00:21:12.500 stop that. 00:21:13.380 --> 00:21:14.160 And this whirlwind 00:21:14.160 --> 00:21:15.120 storm ceases and 00:21:15.120 --> 00:21:15.759 there's instant 00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:17.060 flat calm. 00:21:18.500 --> 00:21:19.259 There's power. 00:21:20.040 --> 00:21:20.860 In ancient 00:21:20.860 --> 00:21:21.600 cultures and we 00:21:21.600 --> 00:21:22.120 see this in the 00:21:22.120 --> 00:21:22.820 Psalms as well, 00:21:22.819 --> 00:21:23.439 the sea was 00:21:23.439 --> 00:21:24.279 regarded as an 00:21:24.279 --> 00:21:25.179 uncontrollable 00:21:25.179 --> 00:21:27.720 force except 00:21:27.720 --> 00:21:28.259 by God. 00:21:28.339 --> 00:21:29.039 God alone could 00:21:29.039 --> 00:21:29.659 control the 00:21:29.659 --> 00:21:30.039 storms. 00:21:31.139 --> 00:21:32.679 Psalm 107 is 00:21:32.679 --> 00:21:33.279 really helpful 00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:33.500 here. 00:21:33.639 --> 00:21:34.359 In verse 23 00:21:34.359 --> 00:21:36.079 onwards we 00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:37.519 discover God 00:21:37.519 --> 00:21:39.039 spoke and 00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:40.000 stirred up a 00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:42.220 tempest and 00:21:42.220 --> 00:21:44.099 God stilled the 00:21:44.099 --> 00:21:46.240 storm to a 00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:46.539 whisper. 00:21:48.859 --> 00:21:49.740 What's happening 00:21:49.740 --> 00:21:50.159 here? 00:21:50.659 --> 00:21:51.259 What's the point 00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:51.500 that the 00:21:51.500 --> 00:21:52.140 disciples are 00:21:52.140 --> 00:21:52.579 beginning to 00:21:52.579 --> 00:21:53.140 discover and 00:21:53.140 --> 00:21:53.579 are amazed 00:21:53.579 --> 00:21:53.900 by? 00:21:54.420 --> 00:21:55.559 Jesus has 00:21:55.559 --> 00:21:56.339 power over a 00:21:56.339 --> 00:21:56.680 storm. 00:21:56.859 --> 00:21:57.200 Therefore 00:21:57.200 --> 00:21:58.660 Jesus is 00:21:58.660 --> 00:21:59.400 God. 00:21:59.480 --> 00:21:59.879 Notice he 00:21:59.879 --> 00:22:00.460 doesn't appeal 00:22:00.460 --> 00:22:01.160 to a higher 00:22:01.160 --> 00:22:01.980 authority because 00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:03.220 Jesus is 00:22:03.220 --> 00:22:04.720 ultimate 00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:05.799 authority. 00:22:06.299 --> 00:22:06.900 So these 00:22:06.900 --> 00:22:08.539 disciples who 00:22:08.539 --> 00:22:09.160 are amazed and 00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:09.900 terrified by the 00:22:09.900 --> 00:22:10.400 power of the 00:22:10.400 --> 00:22:10.819 storm, 00:22:11.400 --> 00:22:12.200 verse 27, 00:22:12.400 --> 00:22:13.099 they're amazed 00:22:13.099 --> 00:22:13.420 and ask, 00:22:13.480 --> 00:22:13.859 what kind of 00:22:13.859 --> 00:22:14.460 man is this? 00:22:14.460 --> 00:22:14.940 Even the wind 00:22:14.940 --> 00:22:15.400 and the waves 00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:15.779 obey him. 00:22:15.779 --> 00:22:16.759 they're more 00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:18.039 amazed by the 00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:19.079 greater power of 00:22:19.079 --> 00:22:21.339 Jesus over the 00:22:21.339 --> 00:22:21.879 storm. 00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:23.339 There is this 00:22:23.339 --> 00:22:25.119 profound contrast. 00:22:25.259 --> 00:22:25.619 There's the 00:22:25.619 --> 00:22:26.319 powerful and 00:22:26.319 --> 00:22:27.420 majestic Jesus 00:22:27.420 --> 00:22:28.680 and there's 00:22:28.680 --> 00:22:29.220 powerless 00:22:29.220 --> 00:22:30.399 disciples. 00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:32.180 And what they 00:22:32.180 --> 00:22:33.559 need is to be 00:22:33.559 --> 00:22:35.619 connected to the 00:22:35.619 --> 00:22:36.299 power of Jesus, 00:22:36.420 --> 00:22:36.960 their Lord. 00:22:37.819 --> 00:22:38.180 And do you know 00:22:38.180 --> 00:22:39.139 that's true for us 00:22:39.139 --> 00:22:40.819 in every situation? 00:22:41.819 --> 00:22:43.019 Our faith is to 00:22:43.019 --> 00:22:45.039 live daily in 00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:45.939 humble dependence. 00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:48.119 Sometimes we can 00:22:48.119 --> 00:22:49.939 sort of get into 00:22:49.939 --> 00:22:50.740 that state where 00:22:50.740 --> 00:22:51.819 life is just sort 00:22:51.819 --> 00:22:53.519 of trundling along 00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:54.359 and we think we've 00:22:54.359 --> 00:22:54.980 got it covered. 00:22:56.299 --> 00:22:57.599 And then there's a 00:22:57.599 --> 00:22:58.439 bump in the road 00:22:58.439 --> 00:22:59.759 or a storm comes 00:22:59.759 --> 00:23:01.619 and we cry out. 00:23:02.619 --> 00:23:03.919 We are not just 00:23:03.919 --> 00:23:05.159 to call Jesus 00:23:05.159 --> 00:23:06.099 in a storm. 00:23:07.099 --> 00:23:07.859 Jesus, I need 00:23:07.859 --> 00:23:08.439 your help. 00:23:08.440 --> 00:23:10.660 But in everyday 00:23:10.660 --> 00:23:12.680 life, we are 00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:13.620 to acknowledge 00:23:13.620 --> 00:23:15.259 that in 00:23:15.259 --> 00:23:16.279 everything we do 00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:17.039 as we seek to 00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:17.799 live for God, 00:23:18.059 --> 00:23:19.519 we need Jesus 00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:20.220 and his power 00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:20.820 and his love 00:23:20.820 --> 00:23:21.460 and his grace 00:23:21.460 --> 00:23:22.360 for us. 00:23:23.340 --> 00:23:23.920 So the 00:23:23.920 --> 00:23:24.779 disciples see 00:23:24.779 --> 00:23:25.640 and we see 00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:28.080 an all-powerful 00:23:28.080 --> 00:23:28.960 Jesus and that's 00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:29.779 who they cry out 00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.019 to. 00:23:30.460 --> 00:23:31.440 That's good news. 00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:32.720 But remember 00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:34.320 too, in verse 00:23:34.320 --> 00:23:35.900 24, a detail 00:23:35.900 --> 00:23:36.440 that's perhaps a 00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:37.059 bit surprising. 00:23:37.059 --> 00:23:38.819 So we discover 00:23:38.819 --> 00:23:39.779 the furious storm 00:23:39.779 --> 00:23:40.720 comes and the 00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:41.599 waves are sweeping 00:23:41.599 --> 00:23:42.179 over the boat 00:23:42.179 --> 00:23:42.799 but what's Jesus 00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:43.179 doing? 00:23:44.379 --> 00:23:45.639 Jesus was 00:23:45.639 --> 00:23:46.279 sleeping. 00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:47.599 We see 00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:49.399 resting Jesus. 00:23:49.579 --> 00:23:49.899 Now what's 00:23:49.899 --> 00:23:50.859 significant about 00:23:50.859 --> 00:23:52.319 this detail? 00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:53.460 Well, on the one 00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:54.779 hand, it reminds 00:23:54.779 --> 00:23:55.679 us that Jesus, 00:23:56.659 --> 00:23:57.740 the Son of God, 00:23:58.539 --> 00:24:00.299 became one of us. 00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:02.319 and he gets 00:24:02.319 --> 00:24:03.099 tired, he gets 00:24:03.099 --> 00:24:03.980 exhausted from 00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:05.259 his work of 00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:06.460 teaching and 00:24:06.460 --> 00:24:07.000 healing. 00:24:08.619 --> 00:24:09.700 And also, 00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:11.379 it reminds us 00:24:11.379 --> 00:24:11.919 that Jesus 00:24:11.919 --> 00:24:13.460 knows suffering 00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:15.579 by experience. 00:24:16.579 --> 00:24:18.079 He is able 00:24:18.079 --> 00:24:19.879 to sympathise. 00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:20.279 He's not 00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:20.799 distant, 00:24:20.960 --> 00:24:21.259 remote, 00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:22.180 disconnected. 00:24:22.180 --> 00:24:26.000 our God 00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:26.799 knows 00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:29.200 because Jesus 00:24:29.200 --> 00:24:30.539 experienced 00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:31.039 suffering. 00:24:34.140 --> 00:24:34.900 But this 00:24:34.900 --> 00:24:36.100 rest also 00:24:36.100 --> 00:24:37.160 reminds us 00:24:37.160 --> 00:24:38.480 that Jesus 00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:39.740 is in 00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:40.259 control. 00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:42.519 John's 00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:43.259 Gospel has 00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:43.940 Jesus saying 00:24:43.940 --> 00:24:44.299 a lot, 00:24:45.140 --> 00:24:45.960 talking a lot 00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:46.480 about his 00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:46.900 hour, 00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:47.820 his hour 00:24:47.820 --> 00:24:48.220 which had 00:24:48.220 --> 00:24:48.799 not come 00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:49.140 and then his 00:24:49.140 --> 00:24:49.480 hour which 00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:49.840 had come. 00:24:49.940 --> 00:24:50.360 That hour 00:24:50.360 --> 00:24:50.799 that Jesus 00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:51.320 talked about 00:24:51.319 --> 00:24:52.099 was the 00:24:52.099 --> 00:24:52.460 time of 00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:53.039 his suffering 00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:53.639 and death 00:24:53.639 --> 00:24:54.559 before his 00:24:54.559 --> 00:24:55.099 resurrection 00:24:55.099 --> 00:24:55.599 and return 00:24:55.599 --> 00:24:56.119 to the glory 00:24:56.119 --> 00:24:56.419 of heaven. 00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:56.700 That was 00:24:56.700 --> 00:24:57.679 all his 00:24:57.679 --> 00:24:58.480 hour. 00:24:58.960 --> 00:24:59.220 Jesus 00:24:59.220 --> 00:24:59.779 knows this 00:24:59.779 --> 00:25:00.119 is not 00:25:00.119 --> 00:25:00.659 his time 00:25:00.659 --> 00:25:01.200 to die. 00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:02.679 No storm 00:25:02.679 --> 00:25:03.059 is going 00:25:03.059 --> 00:25:03.460 to get 00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:03.679 in the 00:25:03.679 --> 00:25:04.039 way of 00:25:04.039 --> 00:25:04.799 God's 00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:05.480 eternal 00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:06.200 plan to 00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:06.740 save 00:25:06.740 --> 00:25:07.179 sinners 00:25:07.179 --> 00:25:07.980 through the 00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:08.679 death of 00:25:08.679 --> 00:25:09.099 his own 00:25:09.099 --> 00:25:09.480 son on 00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:10.179 the cross. 00:25:11.619 --> 00:25:12.259 So there 00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:12.659 is comfort 00:25:12.659 --> 00:25:13.119 for us 00:25:13.119 --> 00:25:13.419 here. 00:25:15.439 --> 00:25:16.000 The 00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:16.439 saviour 00:25:16.439 --> 00:25:16.779 that we 00:25:16.779 --> 00:25:17.639 cry to 00:25:17.639 --> 00:25:19.119 is a 00:25:19.119 --> 00:25:19.500 saviour 00:25:19.500 --> 00:25:19.859 that has 00:25:19.859 --> 00:25:20.460 been through 00:25:20.460 --> 00:25:21.159 storms. 00:25:21.319 --> 00:25:23.079 And a 00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:23.419 saviour 00:25:23.419 --> 00:25:23.779 that has 00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:24.299 power and 00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:24.679 love to 00:25:24.679 --> 00:25:25.279 keep you 00:25:25.279 --> 00:25:26.139 in yours. 00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:28.740 And even 00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:29.279 more 00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:30.159 remarkable 00:25:30.159 --> 00:25:30.899 than that, 00:25:32.139 --> 00:25:32.519 Jesus, 00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:33.240 as we read 00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:33.720 on in the 00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:34.200 gospel, 00:25:35.099 --> 00:25:35.779 will face 00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:36.839 another storm, 00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:37.599 this time not 00:25:37.599 --> 00:25:38.379 with his 00:25:38.379 --> 00:25:38.899 disciples, 00:25:39.819 --> 00:25:40.659 but for 00:25:40.659 --> 00:25:40.960 his 00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:41.439 disciples. 00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:43.279 There is 00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:44.179 one storm 00:25:44.179 --> 00:25:45.179 that Jesus 00:25:45.179 --> 00:25:46.259 goes through 00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:47.899 for his 00:25:47.899 --> 00:25:48.439 followers. 00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:50.000 and that 00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:51.480 is the 00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:52.140 storm that 00:25:52.140 --> 00:25:52.559 we see 00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:52.840 at the 00:25:52.840 --> 00:25:53.200 cross, 00:25:53.320 --> 00:25:54.000 the storm 00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:55.180 of God's 00:25:55.180 --> 00:25:56.019 eternal 00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:57.100 justice 00:25:57.100 --> 00:25:57.820 against 00:25:57.820 --> 00:25:58.580 sin, 00:25:59.019 --> 00:25:59.840 falling on 00:25:59.840 --> 00:26:00.180 Jesus. 00:26:01.019 --> 00:26:01.720 Jesus is 00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:02.799 thrown into 00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:03.279 that storm. 00:26:03.380 --> 00:26:03.799 He throws 00:26:03.799 --> 00:26:05.019 himself into 00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:06.100 that storm, 00:26:06.820 --> 00:26:08.320 that one 00:26:08.320 --> 00:26:08.840 storm that 00:26:08.840 --> 00:26:09.880 could overwhelm 00:26:09.880 --> 00:26:10.740 us all. 00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:13.579 Jesus takes 00:26:13.579 --> 00:26:15.019 our sin, 00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:16.960 takes the 00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:17.779 just anger 00:26:17.779 --> 00:26:18.259 of God 00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:19.620 against that 00:26:19.620 --> 00:26:20.099 sin, 00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:20.420 and he 00:26:20.420 --> 00:26:21.240 comes through 00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:21.940 the other 00:26:21.940 --> 00:26:22.700 side. 00:26:24.460 --> 00:26:25.720 So that 00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:27.099 if your 00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:28.299 faith is 00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:29.120 in Jesus, 00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:31.480 that is the 00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:32.319 one storm 00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:32.680 that will 00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:33.799 never come 00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:34.759 your way. 00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:37.680 there, 00:26:37.879 --> 00:26:38.180 when you 00:26:38.180 --> 00:26:38.680 look at 00:26:38.680 --> 00:26:39.460 the cross, 00:26:40.619 --> 00:26:41.240 you can 00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:41.920 know 00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:43.700 God loves 00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:44.039 me. 00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:46.160 God will 00:26:46.160 --> 00:26:47.079 not abandon 00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:47.460 me. 00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:48.980 God is 00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:50.079 extending to 00:26:50.079 --> 00:26:52.160 me security 00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:53.640 for now 00:26:53.640 --> 00:26:54.879 and for 00:26:54.879 --> 00:26:56.140 eternity 00:26:56.140 --> 00:26:57.420 because 00:26:57.420 --> 00:26:58.200 Jesus 00:26:58.200 --> 00:26:59.299 defeated 00:26:59.299 --> 00:27:00.819 that storm. 00:27:02.059 --> 00:27:02.379 Jesus 00:27:02.379 --> 00:27:03.140 entered 00:27:03.140 --> 00:27:04.119 that storm 00:27:04.119 --> 00:27:05.179 for you 00:27:05.179 --> 00:27:06.019 and for 00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:06.359 me 00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:07.679 to bring 00:27:07.679 --> 00:27:08.219 us 00:27:08.219 --> 00:27:09.259 peace. 00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:11.539 So in 00:27:11.539 --> 00:27:12.219 the storms 00:27:12.219 --> 00:27:12.919 of your 00:27:12.919 --> 00:27:13.439 life, 00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:15.199 cry out 00:27:15.199 --> 00:27:16.199 in faith 00:27:16.199 --> 00:27:18.079 to the 00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:18.359 storm 00:27:18.359 --> 00:27:18.759 defeating 00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:19.339 Jesus. 00:27:20.639 --> 00:27:21.500 Tim Keller, 00:27:21.719 --> 00:27:23.199 the New 00:27:23.199 --> 00:27:23.579 York 00:27:23.579 --> 00:27:24.559 minister, 00:27:24.839 --> 00:27:25.179 puts it 00:27:25.179 --> 00:27:25.619 this way, 00:27:26.619 --> 00:27:27.399 if Jesus 00:27:27.399 --> 00:27:28.879 is Lord 00:27:28.879 --> 00:27:29.239 of the 00:27:29.239 --> 00:27:29.639 storm, 00:27:30.599 --> 00:27:31.159 then no 00:27:31.159 --> 00:27:31.839 matter what 00:27:31.839 --> 00:27:32.339 shape our 00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:33.059 world is 00:27:33.059 --> 00:27:33.279 in, 00:27:34.119 --> 00:27:34.819 or your 00:27:34.819 --> 00:27:35.579 life is 00:27:35.579 --> 00:27:35.799 in, 00:27:36.659 --> 00:27:37.059 you will 00:27:37.059 --> 00:27:37.899 find Jesus 00:27:37.899 --> 00:27:38.819 provides all 00:27:38.819 --> 00:27:39.419 the rest, 00:27:40.099 --> 00:27:40.599 all the 00:27:40.599 --> 00:27:42.000 power you 00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.799 could possibly 00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:43.199 want. 00:27:44.179 --> 00:27:44.819 So when it 00:27:44.819 --> 00:27:45.179 comes to 00:27:45.179 --> 00:27:46.039 this virus, 00:27:46.859 --> 00:27:47.219 when it 00:27:47.219 --> 00:27:47.599 comes to 00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:48.339 any other 00:27:48.339 --> 00:27:48.959 storm in 00:27:48.959 --> 00:27:49.500 our lives, 00:27:50.439 --> 00:27:50.879 we won't 00:27:50.879 --> 00:27:51.439 always know 00:27:51.439 --> 00:27:51.739 what he 00:27:51.739 --> 00:27:52.199 is doing. 00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:53.539 We won't 00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:54.019 always know 00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:54.539 why. 00:27:55.419 --> 00:27:56.119 We won't 00:27:56.119 --> 00:27:56.939 always understand 00:27:56.939 --> 00:27:57.539 his timing, 00:27:57.699 --> 00:27:58.419 but we do 00:27:58.419 --> 00:27:59.459 not need to 00:27:59.459 --> 00:28:00.179 be overwhelmed 00:28:00.179 --> 00:28:00.899 by fear. 00:28:00.900 --> 00:28:02.580 we can 00:28:02.580 --> 00:28:03.660 trust in 00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:04.019 Jesus. 00:28:04.900 --> 00:28:05.500 We can 00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:06.440 cry out 00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:06.860 to him. 00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:08.200 We can 00:28:08.200 --> 00:28:09.460 know that 00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:10.060 he will 00:28:10.060 --> 00:28:10.480 not 00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:11.540 abandon 00:28:11.540 --> 00:28:11.900 us. 00:28:12.660 --> 00:28:17.580 I 00:28:18.580 --> 00:28:19.280 hy