IN THE STORM THE DISCIPLES CORPORATELY WORSHIPPED JESUS!

By Apostle William K Korir,

“Then those who were in the boat came and worshipped Him, saying you are truly the son of God” (Mathew 14:33)

Jesus called his disciples from various walks of life. His calling of his followers was so powerful and miraculous. He just told them follow me! And they did follow him. They followed him wherever he went; witnessed miracles Jesus did but one thing they never did was worship him.
Jesus:
Healed the lepers;
Forgave adulterous woman,
Preached to masses
Fed the thousands of hungry people with two little fish and five loaves of bread
The disciples witnessed all these miracles; but they did not worship Jesus.

They were willing;
To follow him anywhere,
Leave their families behind,
Cast out demons,
Be in the army,

But despite all this, they did not remember to worship him.

Jesus started off early that day and many people came to him and he taught them the good news. He healed the sick and when it was late in the afternoon he finished preaching his sermons and he decided to send away the people, but he had pity in them for they were hungry. Jesus asked his disciples to arrange people and blessed the food which was sufficient for all and there was left offers.

STORM IN THE SEA

Jesus then sends his disciples to go ahead of him as he bade farewell the multitude. Later Jesus went to the mountain to pray. He followed his disciples walking on water.

The disciples encountered a huge storm at the middle of the sea. They struggled to save their lives for nine (9) hours. They had lost hope and they didn’t know they would last a little bit longer. They had struggled so much to save their lives. The sea was dark and the storm was raging. Inside the sea was sharks; and there was risk of suffocation in stormy waters. The disciples’ eyes were wide open and minute by minute the hoped and hoped for calm in the sea. The finally loosed hope and expected to perish in the raging storm. As if their problems were not enough, they were terrified to see something walking in the water. They had never seen such a thing before, so they cried in desperation. Who are you? JESUS responded to them, calm down it is me! Peter had mixed reaction; if indeed you are Christ please command me to come to you, walking on water. Jesus obliged. Peter was happy to hear the voice of the Lord and he wanted to be near him for he knew he would be safe.
A while ago, they were in turmoil. But the Lord Jesus;
Removed their necks form the noose,
Plucked out the bodies from the deep of the sea,
Saved their bodies which were dangling at the age of death
Saved the disciples with their wide eyed on top of the deck of steel, in the boat on a placid sea.

When Jesus came to their rescue the disciples worshiped him and thanked him.
When

As children of God, when we recognise God as creator, you will admire him.
When you recognise his wisdom, you will learn from him
When you discover his strength, you will rely on him
When Jesus saves you, you will worship him.

Before the storm;
We have lots of important things;
You carrier,
Your status,
Your Salary,
God has a priority but listed amongst the above items

God is easily kept at a distant,
He is comfortably dismissed,
He is neatly shelved.

When the storm comes;
We despair in life as the storm fell on us like fog
Our heart fail and we see no exit
When we try to turn to our carriers, we don’t find help,
When turn to our status, for strength, the storm is not impressed with the title.
When we rely on our Salaries, for rescue, many try but many fail.

One option!
We are only left with one option!
God is no longer;
A deity to admire,
A teacher to observe,
A master to obey
He is our Saviour to be worshiped.

When the disciples discovered him and worshipped him, they would never stop worshipping him. They would do it again and again and again. Even a thousand times they would do it – for they are sure of his saving Grace.

A season of suffering is a small price to pay for a clear view of God.

In your storms of life lift up your eyes to heaven and enter into the Glory of God through the open door. He and he alone will uplift you from your situation.
(Revelation 3:8) Therefore trust in God all your life and believe in His Saving Grace! AMEN.






HOPE MINISTRIES WORLD IS TODAY'S VOICE OF HOPE TO THE WORLD. WE URGE PEOPLE TO COME TO JESUS AND RENEW THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH GOD! IT IS TIME THE WORLD TURN BACK TO GOD OUR SOURCE OF HOPE.