What's Puzzling You?

"But He said to them, 'Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?' Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm." Matthew 8:26

Not being a fisherman or a sailor, winds or waves are probably not going to be my major source of fears. Or are they? In the same way that motes and beams (Mt. 7:4) are figurative elements by which we learn a spiritual truth, 'winds and the sea' can also be figurative elements. My winds and waves may not be literal, but they may come in the form of illness, financial woes, relationships, temptations, addictions, behaviors, appetites, etc. Jesus didn't calm the winds and the waves. He REBUKED THEM, and then 'there was a great calm'. In Him, we have the ability to rebuke our own winds and waves. Didn't he say, "I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do..."? (John 14:12). As Christians we know that the things that trouble, confound and confuse us are not rooted in the temporal. They are rooted in the spiritual. And the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty in God. (2 Corinthians 10:4). I don't think I have ever quoted Mick Jagger in a contemplation of spiritual truth, but in "Sympathy For the Devil", he penned a great truth: "...hope you guessed my name (Lucifer)...whats confusing (puzzling) you is just the nature of my game." The promise that I am standing on today is, "He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world." (1 John 4:4). Boldly rebuke your winds and waves today and experience a great calm.