Today’s devotional comes from Max Lucado’s Grace for the Moment.
The True Son of God
His followers went to him and
woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We will drown!
Jesus answered, “why are you afraid?”
Matthew 8:25-26
Read this verse: “Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, ‘Truly you are the Son of God'” (Matthew 14:33 NIV).
After the storm, [the disciples] worshiped him. They had never, as a group, done that before. Never. Check it out. Open your Bible. Search for a time when the disciples corporately praised him.
You won’t find it.
You won’t find them worshiping when he heals the leper. Forgives the adulteress. Preaches to the masses. They were willing to follow. Willing to leave family. Willing to cast out demons. Willing to be in the army.
But only after the incident on the sea did they worship him. Why?
Simple. This time they were the ones who were saved.
In the Eye of the Storm
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This was something I had never picked up on. All the times I had read those verses, I never realized that it was a first.
I think it really drives home that the disciples were human just like us. Aren’t their actions so true, I have a dozen of examples in my life where I acted the same way.
Until it impacts us directly, we can be disconnected from it all. But as soon as it becomes personal, then it really hits home. I think this is one of the reasons why God wants us to have a personal relationship with us. Once it becomes personal, we really have both feet in his camp, we are “all in”.
Think about that as you go about your day, are you “all in” for God?!
Do you have a personal relationship with God?
Peace be with you!
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