KEEP YOUR EYES ON JESUS; DO NOT WATCH THE WAVES

November 30

KEEP YOUR EYES ON JESUS; DO NOT WATCH THE WAVES

Psalms 42:7-8 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. (8)Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.

In the days of Noah, all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened (Gen 7:11). Deep then called unto deep in order to destroy every living substance (Gen 7:4) from the face of the earth, except for the inhabitants of the Ark. All the creatures that lived on the earth were destroyed except for Noah’s family on whom God had commanded His lovingkindness. Noah knew and believed God’s Words, that even if the whole earth were engulfed in water, God’s command of protection was upon him in the daytime and in the nighttime. If he worried, all he had to do was to remember God’s Words.

There are times when life seems to be a constant struggle for survival and staying afloat. There are times when it feels like the one side of hell has called onto the other one to help it drown you in a sea of problems that defer you from the main focus of your life, and it’s all you can do to try to keep up--times when billows of discouragement follow waves of problems, and there is no way to stop the incoming flood.

It is at such times that we need to remember God’s command of goodness towards us. It is at such times that we need to command our soul to remember God’s promises so we leave behind the pit of despair.

It is when Peter took his eyes off Jesus and noticed the waves that threatened to overcome him that he started to drown. Today we have the person of Jesus-Christ to look upon, but we have His Words of promise, I will not leave thee nor forsake thee (Joshua 1:5).

Matthew 14:30-31 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.  (31)  And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?