EVERYTHING IS OUT OF CONTROL BUT ME!

One of the things that is especially troubling to us is having the ability to
manage unplanned eventualities. Our entire nature is heavily based upon some
level of organization and order for there to be efficient measurable progress or achievement. Even though we crave order there are some things that God ordains that will disrupt our best laid plans. “Let all things be done decently and in order” (I Cor 14:40) suits us just fine because it is far easier to follow a given path than to trail blaze one!
   We all remember the account in Mark 4 when Jesus finishes teaching the multitudes, then explains hidden truths to his disciples and then decides to take a trip in a ship across the waters to the other side. A great storm disrupts the trip with such force and unpredictablility that the disciples fear losing their lives. The assignment was simply to pass over to the other side but this storm
disrupts their plans! An ordained storm changes the routine order of the disciples! Likewise God will use a storm to redirect our lives and sometimes we do not even recognize it is the Lord’s doing!
  The storm term used here is “loelaps” meaning a great concussion or shaking of water resulting in a great storm with torrential winds that cause the surrounding water to whip upward and downwards in an unpredictable fashion. Here again is the unpredictable nature that we must all deal with even though it resists our need for organization and order. This whirlwind effect, inexplicable and
unpredictable, challenges even the skill of the experienced and seasoned fishermen aboard. They had seen storms before and survived, but this particular storm needed more than skill and
experience than they possessed combined! This storm needed the Master of the Sea.
  It is obvious that Jesus wanted to do something in the deep. Until this time He is asleep and fairly unconcerned about what appears to be happening in the lives of the disciples. It is interesting that He is sleeping in the “hinder part of the ship” somewhere near where the stern, a place of control! Everything else seems to be out of control except Jesus. If we could only take our lead from our Leader. Though the storm was at its highest, if Jesus is not concerned then why should we be. When you have the power to handle all eventualities and unpredictabilities, the concern is removed because the storm is not greater and never will be greater than you!
  Everything else can be out of control but the power is within you to quiet your circumstances and speak to your situation. If Christ is not concerned about how things are going to work out, then rest assured in His ability and trust His take on what He is taking you through.