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Peace in the Storm · Stornoway Free Church of Scotland - Sermons

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Well, we can turn back to our reading in the Gospel of Mark, chapter 4.
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And like I say, we're going to look at the end, verses 35 to the end of the chapter,
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where we see Jesus with his disciples leaving the place of the where, as it says, going across the other side.
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They go into the boat and they find themselves in the midst of a storm.
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And then they cry out to him in verse 36.
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The disciples, they woke him and said to him,
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Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?
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And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea,
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Peace, be still.
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And the wind ceased and there was a great calm.
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Well, we've just had a storm, the first named storm of the year.
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And because of the way that they now name the storms, and you get a long list of the names of the storms,
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there's always that sense that, well, one's passed, but another one's coming.
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Storm Amy has passed.
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Then we have Storm Bram, whenever that may come.
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Then it goes on to Siege and Andra.
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There's that storm.
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They've all got a name.
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And there's that sense, well, there's always going to be another storm coming.
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And we know that very well, where we live, that as we go into the winter months, that that is just the case.
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And when we come into a storm, we can end up with things being in short supply.
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If a storm goes on and the ferries don't sail, we find things being in short supply.
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When you go into the supermarkets, go into the shops, they've run out of different things,
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whether it's fruit and veg or bread and milk, there's things in short supply.
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But when we think about it in our own situation, it's not just about these storms that come in a physical sense,
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but the storms that come in life.
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And there are many of them.
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And it seems like we go from maybe one storm to the next, to the next.
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When all our lives just seem to be full of trials and difficulties that come our way,
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they can be personal ones when it's just ourselves that are going through them.
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They can be family ones.
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They can be trials in our community.
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They can be trials in our congregation.
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They can be trials in our nation and the world in which we live.
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And we see all kinds of things going on that just leave us feeling that sense of being overwhelmed by the situation that we're in.
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And when we're in these kinds of storms as well, when they're personal, when they're collective storms,
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there can be a sense of things lacking in these storms as well.
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There can be a sense maybe of patience lacking.
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When we become an impatient people in some of the situations that we find ourselves in.
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And we just have to look at our lives and our congregation, our community, our nation, and the world.
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And we think of all these different things going on around us.
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And we're losing patience.
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We may be, in our personal circumstances, are losing patience with people around us,
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or services around us.
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We're losing patience because things don't seem to be going as we would desire.
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We can be losing patience as a congregation.
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When we think of the vacancy and the situation there, and we've had that bulletin update today,
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where there can be a sense of our patience being tested.
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Where are we going?
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What's going to happen?
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How are we going to go forward?
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There can be that sense of patience being lost.
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It can be in so many different ways.
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We can lose patience with government.
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We can lose patience with leaders.
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We can lose patience with the world in which we live in.
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But it always takes us to the point where we start to lose patience with God.
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We start to lose that trust in God.
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And that's when it becomes even more dangerous.
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When we start to think that God, as we see with the disciples here crying out,
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do you not care?
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And that's the cry that we can have in so many different situations.
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Lord, do you not care?
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Do you not care what's going on in my life or in our congregation or in our world?
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Do you not care what's happening?
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And then we can lose other things.
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We can find other things in short supply as well.
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That sense of joy, that sense of peace.
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They can go and we can lose that sense of these things as well.
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When we are in days of testing,
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when we are in days when our patience is being tested,
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we can lose that joy and that peace.
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We don't see things in perspective.
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When we lose sight of the perspective under which we should be looking at things.
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Because there are other ways of looking at things.
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Besides our own thoughts, beside our own impatience, despite ourselves,
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there are other ways that we can look at things.
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And we see that there are two perspectives in this passage that we've read.
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In this account of Jesus with the disciples in this storm,
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there's two different perspectives in the very same situation.
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And the first perspective we see is that of the disciples.
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Their perspective in this is that Jesus doesn't care.
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They have a sense of fear in the midst of the storm.
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They don't know what's happening.
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They don't know where they're going or what's ahead of them.
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There's this sense of fear because that's their perspective on things.
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But there's another perspective.
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And that's the perspective of Jesus.
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And when you look at Jesus in this passage,
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even in the midst of the storm, he's sleeping.
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But in the midst of the storm, he's reminding them that he has power,
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that he has authority, that he is able to give peace and calm.
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And that's how we should look at the perspective of our lives as well.
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Whatever we are going through,
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when we see things from our own perspective that seems out of control,
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no direction, uncertainty, all of these things we can see,
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well, the Lord has control, that he has power,
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that he has authority over all things,
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that he is able to reveal his will to us
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in the midst of everything that comes our way.
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And a lot has happened for the disciples.
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It's been some day for them when you look at this chapter,
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when they've heard, as we read some of the teaching
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that they'd been under.
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When you see the parable of the growing seed,
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the parable of the mustard seed,
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and other things that Jesus had been teaching
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before we came to this point.
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They've heard so much from Jesus.
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They've already seen so much from Jesus.
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And then it says in verse 35,
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on that same day, when evening had come,
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he said to them, let us go.
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And so what we see here is that Jesus is with them.
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He's reminded them of the significance of his kingdom,
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a kingdom that is coming, a kingdom that is growing.
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And now we're going to see how he reminds them
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that it's for them as well,
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that it's a very personal kingdom,
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a kingdom when he shows his own,
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the power and authority that he has.
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And so as they're caught in this storm,
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Jesus challenges them.
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And that's what he does with us in our own storms as well.
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He challenges us.
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And the challenge is this.
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Do you trust me only when things are going well?
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Or will you trust me in the storm as well?
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Will you trust me when things seem out of your control?
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Will you trust me?
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That's the challenge.
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And there's five things to take from these verses for us to do.
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We have first, trust.
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We have trouble.
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We have tone.
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We have teaching.
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And we have turning.
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I just briefly want to touch on these five things.
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Trust, trouble, tone, teaching, and turning.
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And the first thing we see is trust.
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Trust.
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And the situation starts in a setting of trust.
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What we find is that on this day,
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as Jesus has been teaching with them,
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that same day Jesus spoke to them and said,
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let us go across to the other side.
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And what do you notice?
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They don't ask why.
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They don't ask where are we going.
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They don't ask any details about how.
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All it says is,
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leaving the crowd,
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they took him with them in the boat,
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just as he was.
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They left immediately.
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And what you see here is,
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there was a sense of trust.
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They've only been with Jesus a short time,
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but they are trusting him.
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And it's shown just in how they go.
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And they go immediately.
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Over the time of following Jesus,
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seeing what he is doing,
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the miracles he's performing,
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the teaching that he is giving them,
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why wouldn't things go well now?
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They're beginning to see,
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well, Jesus has a plan.
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He has a purpose.
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He's done all these amazing things.
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And it's almost like,
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well, we're expecting more.
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They might say,
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well, it's always going to be like this.
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It's always going to be easy.
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It's always going to go well,
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because Jesus is with us.
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It's going to be smooth.
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It's going to be plain sailing.
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So there's this element of trust.
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And so there should be.
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There should be an element of trust,
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because they've seen what he has done.
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But the question that they find themselves here is,
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but how much do they trust him?
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How much are they going to listen to him?
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How much are they going to keep on trusting?
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Because you see, trust isn't just for a moment.
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Trust isn't just for a short time or certain situations.
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Trust is what we need going forward all the time.
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As we approach winter once again,
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one of the things that you'll begin to see on the television again
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is winter skiing.
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It's amazing to watch downhill skiing,
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doing the slalom through all the gates
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and all of these things.
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It's amazing to watch
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and the speed that they get up to.
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And as I watch it, I think,
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well, that's not something
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that I would be very keen on trying myself.
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It looks quite terrifying.
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But imagine doing it when you're blind
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or only partially sighted.
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Well, people do.
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And it's part of the Paralympics now.
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It's part of sport now,
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where people with disabilities
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will do all of these sports.
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But imagine going down a hill on skis
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and you can't see where you're going.
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How is it possible?
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Well, what they do is they're paired with someone who can see.
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And they're trained to ski first on the flat,
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just learning how to ski and finding their way around.
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And eventually, they go on the slopes
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and they start to do the slalom,
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going in between the gates.
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And you ask yourself, but how?
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Well, it's because the person who's able to see
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and skiing with them is giving them direction.
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Turn to your left.
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Turn to your right.
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And so it goes on.
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But they have to listen.
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They have to trust that person beside them.
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Because if they don't completely trust,
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it's going to be catastrophic.
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It's going to end in a crash.
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And it's a vivid picture of the Christian life in this world.
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Because the reality is that we cannot see ahead of us
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everything that's ahead of us.
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We can only see in part.
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Spiritually, we're so often blind
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about what course our lives are going to take,
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what course we're going to take going forward as a congregation.
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We don't have the eyes to see.
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But we have to trust.
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We have to trust that there is one with us
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who promises to give direction,
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who speaks to us through his word,
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who reveals himself to us through prayer.
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So trust is important.
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Trust in Jesus is an essential part
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of any relationship that we are to have with him.
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A personal relationship, trust him that he will guide.
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A collective relationship, trust him that he will guide.
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We need to trust.
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So the disciples here, they immediately responded
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to the call to go over to the other side
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with that sense of trust.
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Trust.
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But there's more to trust than just good times.
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Trust is something that is often tested
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and proved in more difficult times.
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And that's what we see secondly here.
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Because trouble comes.
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The disciples were doing as the Lord asked.
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And they find themselves in trouble.
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And it says that as they went out in the boat
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and others with them, in verse 37,
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a great windstorm arose.
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This storm came quickly.
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And it's the kind of storm that can happen
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in these regions.
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And especially fishermen,
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and many of the disciples were fishermen,
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would be aware of this,
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just how quickly these storms can come.
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But yet, even they seem to be caught out by this.
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They don't seem to understand
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why would Jesus take us out
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and this horrendous storm has come.
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The waves were breaking into the boat
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so that the boat was already filling.
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The way Jesus has told them to go
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has led to trouble.
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And that's so often the reality
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of following Jesus as well.
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The reality of following Jesus
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isn't that life is always going to be plain sailing.
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It's a reality that there are going to be
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troubles and trials and testing along the way.
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How many troubles do we face in life?
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Health issues, relationships,
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personal issues, financial issues.
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The list is almost endless.
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We all have these troubles
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that we have to face up to.
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But we can learn in these troubles.
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And that's what the disciples have here as well.
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They're not immune from trouble.
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And none of us are.
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But God's word is there to help us.
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And to help us through them all.
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Through everything that we have to face up to.
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The Lord promises to be with us.
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James Packer, again quoting from
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Your Father Loves You, that book.
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He says this,
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This is the ultimate reason from our standpoint
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why God fills our lives with troubles
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and perplexities of one sort and another.
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It is to ensure that we shall learn to hold him fast.
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The reason why the Bible spends so much of its time
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reiterating that God is a strong rock,
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a firm defense, a sure refuge,
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a help for the weak,
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is that God spends so much of his time
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showing us that we are weak,
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both mentally and morally,
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and dare not trust ourselves
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to find or follow the right road.
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And so there he's giving reminders to us.
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It is to trust God.
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But then he goes on to say,
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When we walk along a clear road feeling fine
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and someone takes our arm to help us,
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it's likely we will just impatiently
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shake that person off.
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But when we are caught in the rough country road,
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in the middle of dark and a storm brewing
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and our strength spent,
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and someone takes our arm to help us,
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we would thankfully lean on him.
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And God wants us to feel that our way
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through life is rough and perplexing
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so that we may learn to thankfully lean on him.
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And he says,
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Wait on the Lord.
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That's so often the advice
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that the Lord gives in his word.
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Wait on the Lord.
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So in the midst of our trouble,
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we have the Lord to lean on.
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The third thing we see here is the tone.
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How do the disciples react
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when they are afraid?
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What do they say?
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The boat is filling,
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it's being overwhelmed,
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but Jesus is in the stern,
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asleep on the cushion.
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And they woke him and said to him,
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Teacher,
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do you not care
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that we are perishing?
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Do you not care
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that we are perishing?
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Look at the tone
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in these words.
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You can sense it.
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There's frustration
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in these words.
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There's fear
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in these words.
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There's doubt
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in these words.
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Do you not care
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that we are perishing?
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If we are drowning,
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there are times
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in trouble
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when we can turn to God
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in this way
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and we can have that tone
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of anger
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towards God.
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Whatever it is,
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we can turn in frustration
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and say,
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Lord,
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do you not care
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where we are going?
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Do you not care
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what's happening to us?
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As a congregation,
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do you not want us
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to grow and to flourish?
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Do you not want us
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to have another minister
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come in?
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We can cry out
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in all kinds of frustration.
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But it's to wait
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on the Lord.
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It's through personally.
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It's through collectively.
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It's through
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in all aspects of life.
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The Lord has a plan.
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But our cry
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is so often
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frustration.
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It can be frustration
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towards God.
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It can be frustration
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towards others,
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how we speak to others.
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Our tone can be off.
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Our frustration
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can be vented
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in so many different ways.
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You see,
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we are sinners.
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The disciples
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are sinners.
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And they are crying out
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in their frustration,
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Teacher,
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do you not care
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that we are perishing?
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And so can we
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do that as well
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because sin
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robs us
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of peace?
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We can lose
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that peace
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and we are just
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looking at it
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from our perspective.
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As you drive,
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especially on the mainland
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or more so
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on the mainland,
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when you are driving
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on busy roads
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and you see signs
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at the side
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of the road
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or above the road
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if you are on the motorway,
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one of the most common
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ones you see
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is frustration
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causes accidents.
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And it's true.
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When you become
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frustrated
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and impatient
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and try to overtake
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in the wrong place
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or do a manoeuvre,
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it causes accidents.
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And frustration
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in life
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causes so many
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problems
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as well.
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They have done
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what Jesus
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told them
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and this is
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where they end up
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and they cry out
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in frustration.
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Teacher,
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do you not care
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that we are perishing?
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And you see the tone.
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It's like Psalm 107
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when the sailors,
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they cry out
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in the midst
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of the storm.
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They cry out
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in their fear.
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The tone
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can be there
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and it can be
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an off tone.
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Let us be careful
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how we address God
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and how we address
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one another
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in the midst
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of our frustrations,
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whatever
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they might be.
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But then we see
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fourthly
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there is teaching
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here.
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What teaching
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do we have here
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as Jesus rebukes
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the wind
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and the waves?
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It says in verse 39
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he awoke
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and rebuked
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the wind
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and the sea
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and said
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peace
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be still
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and the wind
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ceased
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and there was
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a great
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calm.
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Well Jesus
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here is teaching.
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He's teaching
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them
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trust me
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in the storms
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as well.
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Who is this
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is the cry
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that they come to
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and who is it?
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It is the Lord.
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It is God
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that is with them.
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The storm
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is changed
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into a calm
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by his word.
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That's the power
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that he has.
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Now when we see
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a storm
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around us
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the sea
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doesn't just
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immediately
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go calm.
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It can take
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hours and days
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for the sea
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to settle down
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once again
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but here
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it's instant.
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Just at his
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word
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there is peace
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there is calm.
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And that's the
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teaching
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that we would
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want to take
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from this
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as well.
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That we can
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trust God
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to change
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the storms
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that we face
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and to give
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us calm
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because he
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is God.
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He is God
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who is able.
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As someone
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said once
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to realise
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the worth
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of an anchor
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you need
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to feel
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the storm.
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And whatever
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storm we face
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whatever
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comes
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our way
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and whatever
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way and shape
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it feels
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like it's
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overwhelming
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us.
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Jesus
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is able
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to calm.
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He is able
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to say
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these words
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peace
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be still.
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He has
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control.
23:47
There's a
23:48
poem
23:48
My Father's
23:49
at the
23:50
Helm.
23:51
It comes
23:51
in maybe
23:52
different forms
23:54
but this is
23:54
one.
23:55
It's talking
23:56
about a
23:56
little
23:57
bark
23:57
so that's
23:58
a little
23:58
boat.
23:59
The curling
23:59
waves
24:00
with awful
24:01
roar
24:01
a little
24:01
bark
24:02
assailed
24:03
and pallid
24:04
fears
24:04
distracting
24:05
power
24:05
over all
24:06
on board
24:07
prevailed.
24:08
Save one
24:09
the captain's
24:10
darling
24:10
child
24:11
who
24:11
fearless
24:12
viewed
24:12
the storm
24:13
and cheerful
24:14
with composure
24:15
smiled
24:16
a dangerous
24:17
threatening
24:17
form.
24:19
And can
24:20
you smile
24:20
a semen
24:21
cried
24:21
while
24:21
terrors
24:22
overwhelmed.
24:24
Why should
24:24
I fear
24:25
the boy
24:25
replied
24:26
my father's
24:27
at the
24:27
helm
24:28
so when
24:29
our worldly
24:29
hopes are
24:30
crushed
24:31
our earthly
24:31
comfort's
24:32
gone
24:32
we still
24:34
have one
24:34
sure
24:35
anchor
24:35
left
24:36
God
24:37
helps
24:37
and he
24:38
alone.
24:40
We will
24:41
have storms
24:42
when things
24:44
seem to be
24:45
out of our
24:46
control
24:47
but we have
24:48
that anchor
24:49
God's
24:51
help
24:51
and he
24:53
alone
24:53
can help.
24:56
So finally
24:58
we just
24:58
want to
24:59
see in
24:59
the midst
24:59
of the
24:59
teaching
25:00
there's
25:00
a turning
25:01
there's a
25:03
turning as
25:04
we see
25:04
at the
25:04
end.
25:05
He said
25:06
to them
25:06
in verse
25:06
40
25:07
why are
25:08
you so
25:08
afraid
25:09
have you
25:10
still
25:10
no
25:11
faith
25:12
but then
25:15
they said
25:15
who then
25:16
is this
25:17
that even
25:19
the wind
25:19
and sea
25:20
obey him
25:21
have you
25:23
still
25:24
no
25:25
faith
25:25
it can
25:27
be easy
25:27
to come
25:28
and trust
25:29
Jesus
25:30
when things
25:31
are going
25:32
well
25:32
and we
25:34
might be
25:34
interested
25:35
in coming
25:36
to know
25:36
Jesus
25:37
and to
25:37
follow
25:37
Jesus
25:38
and think
25:38
even as
25:40
we're going
25:40
through this
25:40
well if I
25:41
trust Jesus
25:42
he's going
25:43
to give
25:43
me peace
25:44
and everything
25:44
is going
25:44
to be
25:45
great
25:45
again
25:45
but he
25:47
can give
25:47
peace
25:47
but it
25:48
doesn't
25:48
mean that
25:48
the storm
25:49
always
25:50
goes
25:50
sometimes
25:53
he just
25:53
gives
25:53
peace
25:54
for the
25:55
storm
25:55
but we
25:58
can see
25:58
that he
25:59
is with
26:00
us
26:00
and that
26:02
he is
26:02
able
26:02
to help
26:03
when we
26:05
are entrusting
26:06
ourselves
26:07
to him
26:07
and his
26:08
plans
26:09
and his
26:10
purposes
26:11
and his
26:11
will
26:12
he can
26:13
give us
26:13
peace
26:14
in it
26:15
all
26:15
the writer
26:17
Andrew
26:18
Murray
26:18
he once
26:19
wrote this
26:20
and he's
26:21
talking about
26:21
times of
26:23
trial and
26:23
testing
26:24
he said
26:25
first
26:25
he brought
26:27
me here
26:27
it is
26:29
by his
26:29
will
26:30
I am
26:30
in this
26:31
straight
26:31
place
26:32
in that
26:33
fact
26:33
I will
26:33
rest
26:34
next
26:36
he will
26:37
keep me
26:38
here
26:38
in his
26:38
love
26:38
and give
26:40
me grace
26:40
to behave
26:41
as his
26:41
child
26:42
then
26:44
he will
26:44
make the
26:45
trial
26:45
a blessing
26:46
teaching me
26:47
the lessons
26:48
he intends
26:49
me to
26:49
learn
26:49
and working
26:51
in me
26:51
the grace
26:52
he means
26:52
to bestow
26:53
last
26:55
in his
26:56
good time
26:57
he can
26:57
bring me
26:58
out again
26:58
how
26:59
and when
27:00
he knows
27:01
let me
27:03
say I
27:04
am here
27:04
he said
27:05
by God's
27:06
appointment
27:06
in his
27:08
keeping
27:08
under his
27:09
training
27:10
for his
27:11
time
27:12
can we
27:13
apply that
27:14
to ourselves
27:15
today
27:16
whatever
27:17
our circumstances
27:18
whether we're
27:19
looking at
27:19
individually
27:20
or collectively
27:21
we are
27:21
here
27:22
by God's
27:23
appointment
27:24
we can
27:27
rest
27:28
in that
27:29
fact
27:29
we are
27:31
here
27:32
in his
27:33
keeping
27:34
that his
27:36
love
27:36
is always
27:38
faithful
27:38
we are
27:40
here
27:40
under
27:41
his
27:42
training
27:43
that he
27:44
can teach
27:45
us
27:45
in the
27:46
midst of
27:46
everything
27:47
and we
27:48
are here
27:49
for his
27:50
time
27:51
he can
27:53
bring us
27:53
and will
27:54
bring us
27:55
through
27:56
the disciples
27:58
would apply
27:59
it as their
28:00
lives would
28:01
go on
28:01
to see
28:02
that they
28:03
wouldn't just
28:03
answer
28:04
who is
28:05
this
28:05
that even
28:06
the wind
28:07
and the
28:07
waves
28:07
obey him
28:08
but that
28:09
they would
28:10
see
28:10
this is
28:12
the
28:12
Christ
28:12
that's
28:15
what they
28:15
would come
28:16
to recognize
28:16
as life
28:17
goes on
28:18
for them
28:18
they would
28:19
see this
28:20
is the
28:20
Christ
28:21
the one
28:22
who gave
28:23
his life
28:24
for his
28:25
church
28:25
for his
28:26
people
28:26
and they
28:28
would see
28:28
and glorify
28:29
him
28:30
all the
28:31
more
28:31
does he
28:31
care
28:32
of course
28:33
he does
28:34
more
28:36
than they
28:36
would
28:36
ever
28:37
recognize
28:38
fully
28:38
until that
28:40
point
28:40
where they
28:40
would see
28:41
him on
28:41
the cross
28:42
and see
28:43
him risen
28:44
from the
28:45
grave
28:45
who is
28:46
this
28:46
it is
28:48
the
28:48
Lord
28:49
and it's
28:51
the Lord
28:51
who is
28:52
with us
28:53
we might
28:55
not see
28:56
him fully
28:56
when we
28:57
think just
28:58
of the
28:58
perspective
28:59
of our
28:59
trials
29:00
whatever
29:00
they are
29:01
but by
29:02
faith
29:03
we can
29:03
see him
29:04
fully
29:04
who is
29:06
it that
29:06
is with
29:06
us
29:07
it is
29:08
the
29:08
Lord
29:09
and as
29:10
we trust
29:11
him
29:11
and know
29:13
that he
29:14
is with
29:14
us
29:15
and as
29:16
we rest
29:16
in his
29:17
will
29:17
as we
29:18
rest
29:19
under
29:19
his
29:19
love
29:20
as we
29:21
seek
29:21
his
29:21
teaching
29:22
and
29:22
guidance
29:23
he is
29:24
the one
29:25
who will
29:26
bring us
29:27
through
29:27
may we
29:29
find
29:29
that joy
29:31
and peace
29:32
in him
29:32
let us
29:33
pray
29:34
Lord
29:37
our
29:37
gracious
29:38
God
29:38
we do
29:38
thank you
29:39
that you
29:39
are one
29:40
who is
29:40
able to
29:41
turn
29:41
every
29:42
providence
29:43
for your
29:44
glory
29:44
the things
29:45
that we
29:46
cannot
29:46
understand
29:47
the things
29:47
that seem
29:48
beyond our
29:49
comprehension
29:50
we thank you
29:51
that you
29:51
already have
29:53
plans and
29:53
purposes
29:54
and so we
29:55
seek
29:55
your will
29:56
be done
29:57
that you
29:58
would guard
29:58
us by your
29:59
love
29:59
by your
30:00
peace
30:00
that you
30:01
would keep
30:01
us by
30:02
your
30:03
spirit
30:03
and that
30:04
you would
30:04
assure us
30:05
of guiding
30:06
us and
30:06
keeping us
30:07
on the
30:08
way
30:08
we ask
30:09
all for
30:09
the glory
30:10
of our
30:10
Lord and
30:11
Saviour
30:11
amen
30:12
we're going
30:15
to conclude
30:16
by singing
30:17
to God's
30:18
praise in
30:18
psalm 27
30:20
page 32
30:22
of the
30:23
psalm books
30:23
psalm 27
30:26
we'll sing
30:27
from verse
30:27
11 to the
30:29
end of the
30:29
psalm
30:30
teach me
30:34
O Lord
30:35
how I
30:35
should live
30:36
and lead
30:36
me in
30:37
your way
30:37
make straight
30:38
my path
30:38
because my
30:39
foes
30:40
oppress me
30:41
every day
30:42
and then you
30:43
have this
30:43
confidence at
30:44
the end of
30:44
the psalm
30:45
in verse
30:45
13
30:46
yet I am
30:47
sure that
30:48
in this
30:48
life
30:49
God's
30:49
goodness
30:50
I will
30:51
see
30:51
and in
30:51
this
30:52
command
30:52
wait for
30:53
the Lord
30:54
be strong
30:55
take heart
30:56
for him
30:57
wait patiently
30:58
we'll sing
30:59
verse 11 to
31:00
the end of
31:00
the psalm
31:01
to God's
31:01
praise
31:02
teach me
31:09
O Lord
31:12
how I
31:14
should live
31:16
and lead
31:19
me in
31:22
your way
31:24
make straight
31:27
my path
31:29
because my
31:33
foes
31:34
oppress me
31:38
every day
31:42
give me
31:44
not over
31:48
to the
31:51
will
31:52
of the
31:54
enemies
31:56
for
32:00
liars
32:03
rise
32:04
to
32:05
slander
32:07
me
32:09
and
32:10
plead
32:11
thy
32:13
cruelties
32:16
yet
32:18
yet
32:19
I
32:20
am
32:21
sure
32:22
that
32:23
in
32:24
this
32:26
life
32:27
God's
32:28
goodness
32:30
I
32:32
will
32:33
see
32:34
wait
32:36
for
32:37
the
32:38
lark
32:40
be
32:41
strong
32:42
take
32:44
heart
32:45
forever
32:47
with
32:49
patiently
32:51
after the
32:55
benediction
32:56
I'll go to the main door
32:57
we'll close with the benediction
32:58
now may grace
33:00
mercy and peace
33:01
from God
33:02
Father
33:02
Son
33:03
and Holy Spirit
33:04
rest upon
33:05
and abide with you all
33:06
now and forevermore
33:08
Amen