Lord Save Me!

Matthew 8:24-27

And suddenly a great tempest arose on the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves. But He was asleep. Then His disciples came to Him and awoke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!”

But He said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. So the men marveled, saying, “Who can this be, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?”

Jesus’ disciples were grown men and experienced boaters and fishermen and, yet, they were panicking and fearful for their lives. Certainly they had been in storms before but there was something different about this one. They had been in the boat all night and a storm arose quickly and had gotten so bad that they actually thought they were going to die!

You have to believe that they were trying everything they knew to try. They couldn’t navigate the boat in such a way that it could take on the waves. They may have been trying to throw the water out of the boat but the waves just continued to come crashing over the sides. Everything they tried quickly proved that their efforts were futile. They finished trying to save themselves and they all looked at one another realizing that there was only one option left: go to Jesus. But there is one problem; He’s sleeping. How could He be asleep? We are in the middle of a storm and He’s sleeping! Really! How can He possibly be sleeping? So they go to Him screaming, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!” They were absolutely desperate. They couldn’t swim their way to safety. They couldn’t sail their way to safety. They couldn’t navigate their way to safety. They needed Jesus to SAVE them!!

Have you ever felt that way? You are in the middle of a big storm. The waves of life are crashing all around you and you feel like you are taking on water. You are slowly drowning. You don’t know what to do, where to go, or how to get out. The storms of life such as uncertain finances, loss of jobs, a tumultuous marriage, problems with kids, sickness, rejection etc… and you just don’t know what to do.

In the natural you try all the things you know to try, you try to talk your way out; you try to pay your way out; you try to work your way out; you try to study your way out; you cry your way out. If none of those things work then you attempt to ignore or mask the problems and the circumstances around you. But, no matter how hard you try, you just can’t ignore the storm that is slowly making you sink.

Meanwhile, you feel like Jesus is just sleeping while you are slowly drowning. You wonder to yourself doesn’t He care that I am perishing? Doesn’t He care that I can’t deal with this anymore? How do I know that He really cares about me and that He really loves me?

What do you do? Just like the disciples you scream at Jesus, “Lord save me! I am perishing!” There’s great news here: Romans 10:12-13 says,“For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

Just remember, Jesus was in the boat with the disciples when they were going through this storm; a storm so bad that they thought they would die. Jesus was just waiting on an invitation from those guys to do something. And as soon as they got desperate enough they invited Him to take over. You may be going through different storms in your life right now. Please hear my heart when I say that Jesus is not sleeping while you feel like you are drowning, He is just waiting on an invitation from you and He will rise up on your behalf and do what you can not do, He will calm every storm in your life!

Don’t wait until it gets so bad that you can see death on the horizon, invite Jesus into your situation right now! Let Him take over everything in your life and watch Him calm every storm you face!

God Bless,

Bernie Moore