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Calm Down!

Has someone ever said to you, “Calm Down”? Perhaps you thought to yourself, “How can I calm down in the midst of …?” Whether it be your health, someone else’s health, work, home, financial, you name it, there so much to stress over! You might even echo the disciples words when they found themselves in the middle of a terrible storm while crossing the Sea of Galilee fearing for their very lives as the water threatened to swamp their boat: “Do you not care…?” They had to wake Jesus while all this was going on! 

“…when evening came, He said to them, “Let us go over to the other side.” Leaving the crowd, they took Him along with them in the boat… And there arose a fierce gale of wind, and the waves were breaking over the boat so much that the boat was already filling up. Jesus Himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke Him and said to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?” (Mark 4:35-41) 

Read how Jesus responds… “He got up and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Hush, be still.” And the wind died down and it became perfectly calm.  And He said to them, “Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?” 

This story reminds us that storms will arise whether unexpected or expected and that we will be tested, sometimes beyond what we think we can handle, which is often true in and of ourselves. No one is exempt! In this life the Lord allows us to experience them, even to the brink of despair! Daniel and Job from the Old Testament are two other examples.

Life’s storms will inevitably push into your life and when they do you have a choice. You can become stressed, even angry or you can by faith know that God is sovereign and that when you choose to fully trust Him in all circumstances that He is able to give peace. “The steadfast of mind will keep in perfect peace, because he trusts in You” (Isaiah 26:3). Jesus is able to change the situation from disastrous to calm! 

Remember it is through the very storms the Lord allows to come into your life that your faith can grow as you see His faithfulness… be it in the midst and/or on the other side!

May the Lord calm your storms and remind you Who He is!

  An MCHA Stop~n~Think - 05.22.2026 - Courtesy of  MCHA Ministry Coordinator Tim Chastain