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satisfied that He is satisfied. I don’t have to know what God is
doing. I have to know that He knows what He is doing.

I’m going to leave the potter’s house now and go to the New
Testament and give one more illustration. Matthew 8:24, “And
behold, there arose a great storm in the sea, so that the boat was
covered with the waves; but He Himself was asleep.” Our Lord
Jesus was sleeping in the storm; God was at rest. The disciples were
not resting. I’m going to describe faith as many people think it is.
They think that faith is coming to the end of yourself.

Matthew 8:2, “And they came to Him, and awoke Him, saying,
‘Save us, Lord; we are perishing!” They came to the end of
themselves. They said, “We can’t handle it! We need Jesus!” Some
people think that faith is not only coming to the end of me but it’s
rolling everything on Jesus. They woke Him up. Some think faith
is coming to the end of me, giving it to Jesus and then getting out of
the way and 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 have given 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