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CHAPTER XXIV

THE WINDS AND THE WAVES SHALL OBEY MY WILL

Then he arose and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. But the men marvelled, saying, what manner of man is this that even the winds and the sea obey him.—Mat. 8:23-27.

We all come to places at times when the sea of life is tempest-tossed, and the winds of adversity are mercilessly raging about us; we are all placed in circumstances at times when everything seems to go wrong, when everything seems to be against us, and when we fear lest we perish; but at such moments we should remember that the Christ is in the ship. No matter what the ship of life may be; no matter what manner of men may be sailing in that ship, or what their purpose may be, wherever man may be found sailing upon the sea of human existence there the Christ will be found also. Wherever we may be or wherever we may go, the Christ is in the ship. "For, lo, I am with you always." And it is our privilege, under every circumstance, to awaken the Christ. When we do, he comes forth invariably, and the winds and the waves will obey.

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