In the last meditation, we gathered that believers are not alien to storms. We found consolation in the fact that God has us covered whenever the weather seems contrary. Let us provide our responsibility in this matter. Our text narrates the storm which assailed as Jesus and His disciples were crossing over to the country of the Gadarenes. This immediately suggests that storms are no respecter of persons. The storm was contrary to them, so much so that the disciples thought they would not make it alive to the other side. The first lesson we will like to draw is that storms of life may not be unconnected to the assignment of our lives. It was on their way to fulfilling the mandate of heaven that the storms arose. Many times the challenges of life are not really about us; they are about the mission of God and the mandate we are given to execute.

When believers panic, they forget their authority in Christ. You are to speak to the wind of life. Learn to rise to the occasion and never allow yourself to be boxed into a corner by the issues of life.

In panic, the disciples woke Jesus who came to their rescue as He silenced the storms by the spoken word. Then He had time to rebuke them for their lack of faith. This brings us to our central lesson for today. God does not expect us to adopt “sit and look” approach to the storms of life. It is evident that Jesus expected the disciples to do something about the raging storms. He probably expected them to exercise authority over the storms as He eventually did. Panic is one strategy of the devil. When believers panic, they forget their authority in Christ. You are to speak to the wind of life. Learn to rise to the occasion and never allow yourself to be boxed into a corner by the issues of life.