BY APSOTLE WILLIAM K KORIR
MARK 6:48 -50
In life we all encounter serious storms of life and we sometimes are filled with fear. When we look back to heroes of the past; we appreciate what they did amidst the most challenging moments. Moses under intense pressure found himself at the dead end of the read sea. The deep sea a head, the Pharaoh’s army in hot pursuit from behind and the Israelites were in a hopeless situation. They had only two options either to swim or to fight back. Even if they tried any of the two options, they did not have enough strength.
Jesus Christ while on earth had a busy schedule. Heaven had no time to rest and during the night he went to the mountain to pray. In one of those instances Jesus had been busy the whole day and in the evening he wanted some quite place. He told his disciples to go a head of him in a boat and that he would follow them. He then went to the mountain to pray. When they reached the middle of the sea the disciples met a terrible storm. They struggled to save themselves and they thought they were going to die. At 4.00a.m in the morning, after struggling for 9 hours, the disciples saw someone walking on water and they were terrified thinking that it was a ghost. They cried loudly but Jesus told them to remain calm. The disciples had gone through storm all night and they were in fatigue. They all feared to die, their faces was full of fear and when Jesus spoke to them each of them wanted to go near to Jesus for safety. Peter asked Jesus whether he can go to him and Jesus allowed him. Children feel secure when they are near the parent and when in trouble. When a child is in trouble they rub themselves around the parent’s leg. Faith begins when you see God on the mountain and you are in the valley and you know you are too week to make the climb. You see what you need…………….. you see what you have…………..and what you have isn’t enough to accomplish anything. We usually come to Christ in an hour of deep need.
We need to look to Jesus for our salvation. There is no hope without Jesus and we shall not do a thing without him. One day, I drove home at about 8.00p.m. and came up to the foot hill. A car gave indicator showing he wanted to branch to the opposite road. I pulled and gave way after which a pressed on the fuel pedal and released the clutch. My car was soon rolling downhill and was soon cruising at a rate of 120 kilometres per hour. Then it dawned to me that I should not be moving at such speed as I could find a truck staled on the way. I placed my right leg on the pedal but there was no brake. I tried again but there was nothing. Then I panicked, and I told my passenger we are going to die. He replied; the faith you mentioned to us today will work. Praise the Lord. Some voice told me to drive out of the road to use the shrubs on the side to stop the car. Another voice told me to drive on. The same voice persisted and it told me to drive alongside the wall to stop it. The voice told me again to drive own and I obliged. The good Lord gave me His mercies; I did not find any staled car so I drove on. That day God saved me from a fatal accident. God takes care of his children and he speaks to us all day long. We need to listen to his soft voice. When I passed the same route later that week during the day, I could not belief what I saw. Satan wanted to finish me and indeed the voice which spoke audibly to me asking me to drive out of the road was from the enemy Satan. The shrubs I was being told to drive into were mare leafs while the other side was full of huge rocks. God’s voice told me to drive on and I live today to tell the story.
God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit are real and alive. He guides us day and night and protects us from all evil. Jesus is the same yesterday today and forever. W e need to have faith in order to meet our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. God loves us all and he has good plans for us. Naaman a Commander of Babylon contracted a skin disease. He tried all medication in that land but could not heal, so one day, he heard of a prophet in Israel who could heal and visited that land. On arrival he saw advised to go down river Jordan and deep himself in the river seven times. He was not amused and thought it was an abuse. He even remarked that Babylon had clean water and how could he deep himself in muddy water of Jordan River. He was prevailed upon and he accepted and on the seventh dipping he was healed and his skin was fully restored. Faith is a vehicle to achieving our goals and this is why Jesus Christ said if one had enough faith he would command a tree to uproot itself and be thrown into the ocean. With faith we can secure all our needs, we can have peace and happiness and receive various blessings from God.
John Newton an orphan rose to prosperity and as a sea farer he grew strong until he bought a ship. He engaged in the most dehumanising work of slave trade. One day he encountered a storm which changed his life forever. He fought in the storm for 9 hours and his ship broke in two. He found himself in his cabin but the ship did not sink. He realised then that there must be a super power that saved his life. During his youth he used to make fun of Christianity and he could say that the bible was an imitation of Jesus Christ. That morning he accepted Jesus as his personal saviour never to leave him again. He preached for the rest of his life and one day he wrote a song “Amazing Grace” which is being sung to date. John declared that he was the chief sinner and Lord Jesus was the chief Saviour. When he was old and blind he was asked to retire but he refused insisting that as long as his mouth could speak he was not going to stop preaching.
God has placed before all of us an open door to whom no one can shut. We ought to therefore worship him believing in faith that he is going to bless us. (Revelation 3:8, 11-13.
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.
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