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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
40 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, or 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. What
I need is to let Him sleep and 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, you would know that
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 is 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 vessel that was pleasing to Your heart. Enable
us to enter Your rest. We ask in Jesus’ name. Amen