Your life and Jesus

Have you ever been in a situation in your life, where everything seems to be going wrong and you don’t know what to do or where to go?

You look back and you don’t even know where your snowball of problems started and it feels as if the world is falling on your shoulders.

Jesus’ disciples felt as if their lives were about to end in Matthew 8:23-27, they knew Jesus was on the boat yet at the end we see they didn’t know who Jesus truly was (Matthew 8:27)

In the same way the disciples were caught in an unexpected and furious storm, we some times have to face our own furious storms, that seem never ending and to hard to bear.

While everything was well and the trip was going well, none of the disciples bothered to go check on Jesus and see if He needed anything.

Many times we as Christians put Jesus on a shelf and seem to even forget that He is there, we just expect Him to understand that life is a bit too busy for us to spend time with Him. We allow Jesus to “ fall asleep” in our lives as He gets tired of waiting and waiting for us. Does such an action ring a bell?

Then as soon as things get tough and we don’t know what to do, we run to Jesus, desperately wake Him up, and then question Jesus, how He could let such a thing happen to us? We repeat the words of the disciples, “Teacher don’t you care if we drown?” (Mark 4:38) in other words Lord don’t you care about me, about my problems? Why Lord, why did you allow this to happen, don’t you love me anymore?

Other times Jesus might not even be “asleep” in you life but when you take you eyes off Him, you lose ground and give into your problem just as Peter. In Matthew 14:28-31, Peter had the faith to walk on water; he was so eager to go meet Jesus. Peter started off walking to Jesus, he didn’t even care that humanly that was impossible He was so focused on Jesus , but as soon as he started looking around and saw the waves, felt the wind blowing and took his eyes off of Jesus He started to drown.

Many times the same happens to us, in the beginning of our trails we look to Jesus and know that through Him all thing are possible and that we are more than conquerors, but as the problem carries on we sometimes start looking at our problem, we start focusing on our problem and not on Jesus. The problem now seems bigger than Jesus and then you say “Now it’s time to take matter into my own hands” and end up drowning into your problem.

The good news is that Jesus did save Peter and the rest of the disciples from drowning when they called out for help. Yet Jesus called them “Men of little faith” and asked “Why do you doubt?”

 Is it your doubt that is keeping you away from soaring above the storm with Him?

Think back, remember the times when you said, I put this in God’s hands, I trust God and then a day later you biting your nails with baggy eyes and complaining you don’t know what to do.

Doubt starts with a thought that needs to be captivated before it beings to steal your Blessing (2 Corinthians 10-4:5)

And still other times we seem to loose Jesus. We sit and ask where Jesus is in our lives?

Many times we see parents that have lost their children and are desperately trying to find them. A few years ago a 4 year old girl disappeared from a hotel room while sleeping, the parents had gone to the hotel’s restaurant a few kilometers away from the hotel to meet some friends and when they came back their little girl was gone. The parents had lost sight of their little girl, they were distracted, having dinner with their friends.

In a more day to day base have you ever forgotten where you left your phone or keys because you got distracted with something else?

Luke 2:39-52

Jesus’ parents assumed He was among the crowd that travelled back yet for a whole day they didn’t check if He was ok, or if He needed to eat etc. The same many times happens with us. We assume Jesus is happy with us, we don’t go to church, and we don’t spend time with Him etc. When we realize that we have lost Jesus or our first love we get desperate and then still blame Jesus for doing that to us, like Jesus’ mother did. (Luke 2: 48) The amazing thing is that we can always know where to find Jesus. He will always be at His Father’s house among His people.

As the Bible says” Seek me and you shall find me” It’s not too late to turn back.

Is Jesus “sleeping in your life”, have you taken you eyes off Him or even maybe without realizing lost His presence during the busyness and troubles of life?

Look at your life, look at your heart and ask yourself is Jesus ruling my life. Is He my pilot or just a passenger I’m giving a lift to?

I know He wants to be the director of your life, he want your focus and He wants you to feel His presence.