Be overwhelmed by God's power!

If you're overwhelmed by circumstances, you are underwhelmed by the power of Jesus.... This has become my motto for the past few weeks. And when others say to me, that it will never work, I say to them, You can not see my God!

It is so easy to look at the sea around us that is whipping into an intense strom and listen to the wind howling, until we can barely hear our own thoughts. It is so easy to take our eyes off Jesus even though our feet are saying that they are walking on water. It is so easy to get caught up in the moment, and feel the fear grip a tight hand around your heart. It is so easy to look at our circumstances and feel we are overwhelmed and sinking.

And it's then that we forget who Jesus really is. He is the Alpha and Omega, He is the Beginning and the End, He is the Life, He is the Truth, He is the Way.

With Life He means life in full, also here on earth, today. And even though there seems to be other so-called truths out there... I'm not competent enough, I'm not good enough, rich enough, clever enough, I have a past, I have failings, I am only human.... in spite of all of these.. the real truth is Jesus loves me and He died on a cross for me. The real Truth is, that no matter what He says that we should not be concerned, because He provides for us. 1 Pet 5:7 should be the ultimate verse we hang onto.

He says He will provide! And that's when we need to look again at what we have learnt about God's nature. We've got to look at the names He teaches us for Him in the Bible. Provider, Father, Healer, Prince of Peace, Immanuel (God with us). We need to look at all the times He has brought us through, all the things were we can now, perhaps more easily in hindsight, see where He was there.

We need to say to ourselves: "I will not be overwhelmed, because God is overwhelming - in His love, His care, His power, His intervention." He has not forgotten you, He has bought you with the blood of His only Son!