Open Thoughts: Daily Devotional - Be at Peace

'Be at Peace'

And a furious storm of wind [of hurricane proportions] arose, and the waves kept beating into the boat, so that it was already becoming filled. But He [Himself] was in the stern [of the boat], asleep on the [leather] cushion; and they awoke Him and said to Him, Master, do You not care that we are perishing? And He arose and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, Hush now! Be still (muzzled)! And the wind ceased (sank to rest as if exhausted by its beating) and there was [immediately] a great calm (a perfect peacefulness). He said to them, Why are you so timid and fearful? How is it that you have no faith (no firmly relying trust)?
Mark 4:37-40 AMP
http://bible.com/8/mrk.4.37-40.AMP

Sometimes I don't think we understand who we have with us. The disciples were in a boat, the storm was raging but Jesus was sleeping or let's say relaxing lol. Jesus was at peace despite all of life's troubles around him. He then rose and calmed the storm, immediately the storm calmed down.

No doubt that in your life there are things you are going through, it can feel like you are being attacked from every corner, unrelenting pressure, wave after wave. It may seem like there's no end to it but I want to announce that you can be at peace. Invite God into your life, trust in him, rest in him and with him.

Being at rest in the middle of pressure and all the storms is a key thing that we need to be able to do. Ask God to give you peace............

Do you have the ability to be at peace while the storm Is raging?

Open Thoughts - Daily Devotional

The Lord is good to those who wait hopefully and expectantly for Him, to those who seek Him [inquire of and for Him and require Him by right of necessity and on the authority of God's word]. It is good that one should hope in and wait quietly for the salvation (the safety and ease) of the Lord.
Lamentations 3:25-26 AMP
http://bible.com/8/lam.3.25-26.AMP

 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He also has planted eternity in men's hearts and minds [a divinely implanted sense of a purpose working through the ages which nothing under the sun but God alone can satisfy], yet so that men cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.
Ecclesiastes 3:11 AMP
http://bible.com/8/ecc.3.11.AMP

If you're like me, when deliveries don't come on time you get upset and impatient. Fact of the matter is this, you're not in control. It's the person who delivers the goods, they're in control. Many times I've rang and asked where they were, it still didn't make them hurry up. All they say is to make sure you are in and are ready to sign for it.

God is very much in control of our lives, he has everything planned out. It's quite possible that it's not the time for a particular thing to happen. Be calm, be patient, wait for God to show up. Don't allow your insecurities to ruin what God has set out ahead of you.

It is going to happen, it will come to pass.

Be blessed