“But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint” (Isaiah 40: 31)

Once the disciples when sailing in a boat were hit by savage storms. They looked around, saw Jesus and then cried out for help ( Mark 4:38). Of course, it is only human to cry out for help when life is at crossroads! Like the disciples you could be in the middle of some wicked storm, and, what else but scream for relief!

The preacher and writer Charles Spurgeon     (1834- 1892) once observed that after we have cried out to God, sometimes, like David, all we need is wait upon God in silence. Our silence is not a sign of abdication. We are silent because we know the Lord has heard our prayers and is in control.

We are silent because looking back we know the Lord has come through and rescued us from peril over and over again. True, the storms may still be raging, and the boat we are in is being tossed up and down, but we know the Lord has heard our pleas and he will come calling in time.  Friends have abandoned us and our hearts are aching.  But in the midst of all we keep composure because we know that by faith God will save us from all the troubles we face.

We remember that while undergoing storms of all nature David wrote, “The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, And I am saved from my enemies”       (Psalm 18:2-3).

The cries of the disciples was not in vain. After a while the Lord heard their cry and replied, “You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm”.   (Mathew 8:26).

Only you know what storms you are facing or may one day find yourself entangling. Just as with the disciples cry out to God as indeed you should! But after, remember what He has said, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth” ( Psalm 46:10). Then just you wait on the Lord!

Prayer today: Lord Father God of Abraham, maker of heaven and earth, in the midst of storms I cry out to you and remain silent knowing that you have heard me and in your time shall indeed come through because I have waited upon you, this I pray in Jesus’s name.