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think faith is coming to the end of me, giving it to Jesus and then
getting out of the way letting God work. Matthew 8:26, “and He
said to them, ‘Why are you timid, you men of little faith?’ Then
He arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and it became
perfectly calm.” Jesus stood on the deck and calmed the storm.

It looks like He should give them applause, “Well done;
you have come to the end of yourselves and you gave it to Jesus
and you got out of the way.” But what do we read? They got
rebuked for little faith. Matthew 8:26, And He said to them,
‘Why are you timid, you men of little faith?’” In Mark 4 he said,
“You have no faith.” What is faith, if it’s not coming to the end
of myself and giving it to Jesus and getting out of the way? May
God help us to understand this! Faith is letting Jesus sleep! They
did not have to wake Him.

Was He in more control when He was standing on the
deck with His arms stretched out, when it looked like He was
unconscious and unaware? I’ll confess, nobody wakes Jesus
more than I do! He’s so tender and He is so patient with us and
I don’t have to wake Him. He knows what He is doing.
Everything that comes into my life, He is satisfied with. When I
can let Him sleep and I can believe that He has a plan and He has
the skill and He has the control and He has a heart that loves me
and if I mess up He’ll start again. Rest is being satisfied that He
is satisfied. Not only is He satisfied with everything He has
already done but He’s satisfied with everything He is doing.

If you knew what God knew and if you had for your
information everything that God knows, He knows everything
actual and everything possible. If you knew what God knew and
He said, “Choose a path for your life,” you wouldn’t change a
thing. He is in control of your life. Everything He allows in your
life; it’s the Potter. Let Jesus sleep. Just trust the Lord!

Heavenly Father, we thank You that You are satisfied with the
finished work of creation. Thank You that You are satisfied with
the finished work of redemption. We thank You that You made a