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God Is Still on the Throne 10 Minute Motivation 10.1.26 · Gil I Am

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  Speaker 1: When the world feels out of control, God is still
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  Speaker 1: on the throne. 10-Minute Christian Motivation, October 1st, 2026. Welcome
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  Speaker 1: to your daily Christian motivation. For the next 10 minutes,
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  Speaker 1: forget the noise, forget the notifications, forget the arguments, forget
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  Speaker 1: the endless stream of breaking news, and remember one truth.
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  Speaker 1: God is still on the throne. Today, people are worried.
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  Speaker 1: They're worried about money. They're worried about prices. They're worried
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  Speaker 1: about what is happening overseas. They're worried about wars. They're
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  Speaker 1: worried about their children. They're worried about their marriages. They're
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  Speaker 1: worried about their jobs. They're worried about what tomorrow might bring.
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  Speaker 1: Recent economic surveys show Americans feeling deeply uncertain about the economy,
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  Speaker 1: even as the latest inflation numbers contain some encouraging signs.
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  Speaker 1: Around the world, conflict continues. There is continuing instability in
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  Speaker 1: the Middle East. There is continuing war involving Russia and Ukraine.
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  Speaker 1: There are families waking up every morning in places where
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  Speaker 1: the sounds outside aren't lawnmowers and school buses. They're explosions.
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  Speaker 1: They're sirens. They're war. And here at home, storms and
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  Speaker 1: extreme weather remind us of something else. We control much
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  Speaker 1: less than we sometimes imagine. So what does a Christian
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  Speaker 1: do with all of this? Do we panic? Do we
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  Speaker 1: spend every waking hour refreshing the news? Do we become angry?
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  Speaker 1: Do we become afraid? Do we convince ourselves that everything
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  Speaker 1: is falling apart? Or do we remember who God is?
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  Speaker 1: Psalm 46 says, Think about that. The Bible doesn't say,
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  Speaker 1: we won't fear because nothing bad will happen. It says,
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  Speaker 1: even if the earth moves, God remains. That's different. Christian
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  Speaker 1: faith is not pretending storms don't exist. Christian faith is
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  Speaker 1: knowing who is in the boat when the storm arrives.
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  Speaker 1: And that takes us to today's story, Jesus in the storm.
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  Speaker 1: In Mark chapter 4, Jesus and his disciples get into
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  Speaker 1: a boat. Jesus tells them, let us pass over unto
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  Speaker 1: the other side. Remember those words, because they're important. Jesus
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  Speaker 1: already told them where they were going, the other side.
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  Speaker 1: Then the storm came. The Bible says, a great storm
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  Speaker 1: of wind arose. Waves crashed over the boat. Water began
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  Speaker 1: filling it. These weren't inexperienced tourists. Several of these men
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  Speaker 1: were fishermen. They understood boats. They understood water. They understood storms.
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  Speaker 1: And these experienced fishermen reached a point where they believed,
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  Speaker 1: we're going to die. Meanwhile, Jesus was asleep. Can you imagine?
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  Speaker 1: The boat is being tossed. Water is coming in. Men
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  Speaker 1: are panicking. And Jesus is sleeping. They wake him and say, Master,
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  Speaker 1: carest thou not that we perish? In modern language, Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: don't you care what's happening to us? Have you ever
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  Speaker 1: prayed something like that? God, don't you see this? And
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  Speaker 1: Jesus gets up. He rebukes the wind. He speaks to
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  Speaker 1: the sea. Peace, be still. And suddenly, calm. But then
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  Speaker 1: Jesus asks his disciples something fascinating. He doesn't ask, why
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  Speaker 1: was there a storm? He asks, why are ye so fearful?
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  Speaker 1: How is it that ye have no faith? The storm
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  Speaker 1: revealed something. The disciples had been looking at the size
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  Speaker 1: of the waves instead of remembering the identity of the
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  Speaker 1: one inside the boat. And Christians still do that today.
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  Speaker 1: We have bigger waves than ever. Think about your phone.
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  Speaker 1: Within 30 seconds of waking up, you can know about
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  Speaker 1: an earthquake thousands of miles away, a war overseas, a
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  Speaker 1: murder in another state. a stock market drop, a political fight,
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  Speaker 1: a celebrity scandal, a natural disaster, an economic report, a
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  Speaker 1: disease outbreak, another warning, another crisis, another headline, breaking news,
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  Speaker 1: then another, then another. Your human brain was never designed
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  Speaker 1: to personally carry every tragedy happening everywhere on Earth simultaneously.
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  Speaker 1: But your phone will gladly hand them all to you
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  Speaker 1: before breakfast. And if you're not careful, you begin believing...
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  Speaker 1: Everything is falling apart. But perhaps the problem isn't that
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  Speaker 1: God has lost control. Perhaps we've simply spent more time
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  Speaker 1: listening to the world than listening to God. Think about this.
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  Speaker 1: How many minutes did you spend reading headlines today? Now,
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  Speaker 1: how many minutes did you spend reading scripture? How much
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  Speaker 1: time did you spend listening to commentators? How much time
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  Speaker 1: did you spend listening for God? How many times did
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  Speaker 1: you check your phone? How many times did you pray?
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  Speaker 1: Those questions can be uncomfortable. but they're important because whatever
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  Speaker 1: constantly receives your attention eventually begins shaping your thoughts and
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  Speaker 1: whatever shapes your thoughts begins influencing your emotions. Jesus warned
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  Speaker 1: us about tomorrow. Jesus said in Matthew chapter six, take
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  Speaker 1: therefore no thought for the morrow for the morrow shall
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  Speaker 1: take thought for the things of itself. Jesus wasn't teaching laziness.
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  Speaker 1: He wasn't saying don't plan, don't save money, don't prepare,
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  Speaker 1: don't pay attention. He was teaching us not to live
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  Speaker 1: imprisoned by tomorrow. There is a difference between preparation and worry.
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  Speaker 1: Preparation says, I will do what I can today. Worry says,
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  Speaker 1: I must mentally live through every terrible thing that might
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  Speaker 1: happen tomorrow. God didn't give you tomorrow today. He gave
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  Speaker 1: you today. And sometimes we lose the blessing of Wednesday
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  Speaker 1: because we're terrified about Friday. We lose dinner with our
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  Speaker 1: family because our mind is somewhere else. We sit beside
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  Speaker 1: people we love while staring into a screen worried about
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  Speaker 1: people we've never met. Meanwhile, life is happening right in
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  Speaker 1: front of us. Your children are growing. Your spouse needs
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  Speaker 1: your attention. Someone needs your encouragement. God may be putting
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  Speaker 1: an opportunity in front of you right now. Don't allow
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  Speaker 1: fear about tomorrow to make you miss God's assignment today.
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  Speaker 1: Your bank account is not your God. Maybe your biggest
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  Speaker 1: fear today isn't war. Maybe it's money. Food costs more.
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  Speaker 1: Fuel costs more. Housing can feel overwhelming. Bills arrive regardless
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  Speaker 1: of how you feel. And when money gets tight, fear
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  Speaker 1: gets loud. But Jesus addressed this too. He spoke about food.
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  Speaker 1: He spoke about clothing. He spoke about daily needs. And
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  Speaker 1: then he said, But seek ye first the kingdom of
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  Speaker 1: God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be
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  Speaker 1: added unto you. Notice the order. God first. Not money first.
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  Speaker 1: Not career first. Not politics first. Not possessions first. God first.
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  Speaker 1: Does that mean Christians will never struggle financially? No. The
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  Speaker 1: Bible contains faithful people who experienced poverty, hunger, persecution, and hardship.
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  Speaker 1: Christianity isn't a promise that you'll never experience difficulty. It
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  Speaker 1: is a promise that difficulty doesn't get the final word.
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  Speaker 1: Your employer is not ultimately your provider. Wall Street is
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  Speaker 1: not your provider. Washington is not your provider. The economy
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  Speaker 1: is not your God. God is God. Work hard, be responsible,
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  Speaker 1: spend wisely, help others, prepare. But don't worship the numbers
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  Speaker 1: in your bank account. Because numbers change. God doesn't. Paul
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  Speaker 1: learned the secret. The Apostle Paul experienced something most motivational
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  Speaker 1: speakers don't like talking about. Hardship. He was beaten, imprisoned, rejected, shipwrecked, threatened, hungry.
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  Speaker 1: Yet Paul writes in Philippians chapter 4, I have learned,
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  Speaker 1: in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. Notice,
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  Speaker 1: I have learned. Contentment didn't automatically happen. Paul learned it.
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  Speaker 1: Faith grows through practice. You learn to trust God by
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  Speaker 1: trusting God. You learn to pray by praying. You learn
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  Speaker 1: patience by going through situations requiring patience. You learn courage
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  Speaker 1: by walking through situations where you're afraid. And sometimes God
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  Speaker 1: doesn't remove you from the storm immediately because He is
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  Speaker 1: building something inside you during the storm. You keep asking. God,
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  Speaker 1: when will you change my circumstances? And perhaps God is saying,
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  Speaker 1: I'm changing you. What should we do today? Here is
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  Speaker 1: today's challenge. For the next 24 hours, change the order
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  Speaker 1: of your attention. Tomorrow morning, do not let the world
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  Speaker 1: speak to you before God does. Before Facebook, before YouTube,
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  Speaker 1: before television, before the headlines, before checking your bank account,
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  Speaker 1: before scrolling through notifications, open your Bible. Read Psalm 46.
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  Speaker 1: Then pray. Amen. Then begin your day. Watch what happens.
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  Speaker 1: The headlines may not change. The economy may not change overnight.
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  Speaker 1: The war may still be happening. Your problem may still exist,
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  Speaker 1: but you will have changed your starting point. Instead of
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  Speaker 1: beginning with fear, you begin with faith. Instead of beginning
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  Speaker 1: with the world, you begin with the word. Instead of asking,
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  Speaker 1: what's going wrong today? You begin by asking, God, what
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  Speaker 1: would you have me do today? That's a different life.
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  Speaker 1: Remember who is in the boat. Maybe you're in a
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  Speaker 1: storm right now. Your marriage is struggling. Your finances are tight.
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  Speaker 1: Your child is hurting. Your business is struggling. You feel alone.
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  Speaker 1: You don't know what comes next. Listen carefully. The presence
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  Speaker 1: of a storm does not mean the absence of God.
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  Speaker 1: The disciples were in the storm, with Jesus in the boat.
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  Speaker 1: And sometimes the greatest evidence of faith isn't shouting at
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  Speaker 1: the storm. It is simply staying in the boat with Christ.
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  Speaker 1: Keep praying. Keep believing. Keep serving. Keep forgiving. Keep working.
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  Speaker 1: Keep loving. Keep moving. Because Jesus never promised there wouldn't
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  Speaker 1: be storms. But he did say, let us pass over
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  Speaker 1: unto the other side. And if Jesus says you're going
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  Speaker 1: to the other side, don't let the waves convince you
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  Speaker 1: that the journey is over. Closing. So when you hear
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  Speaker 1: another frightening headline today, Remember, God is still God. When
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  Speaker 1: your bank account worries you, God is still God. When
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  Speaker 1: politicians argue, God is still God. When nations threaten one another,
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  Speaker 1: God is still God. When storms come, God is still God.
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  Speaker 1: When people disappoint you, God is still God. And when
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  Speaker 1: you don't know what tomorrow holds, you know who holds tomorrow.
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  Speaker 1: Psalm 46 says, Be still and know that I am God.
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  Speaker 1: Not be still and understand everything. Not be still and
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  Speaker 1: predict everything. not be still and control everything. Simply be
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  Speaker 1: still and know that I am God. Today, stop trying
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  Speaker 1: to carry a world that God never asked you to carry.
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  Speaker 1: Do what he has placed in front of you. Love
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  Speaker 1: your family, do your work, help somebody, forgive somebody, pray
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  Speaker 1: for somebody, read his word, walk in obedience, and leave
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  Speaker 1: tomorrow in God's hands. Because the world may feel out
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  Speaker 1: of control, but God has never lost control. Keep the faith,
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  Speaker 1: keep walking, keep your eyes on Jesus. And remember, Christ
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  Speaker 1: over everything.