Stand Still

Matthew 8:23-27,

Most of the vices that have shown up in your life appearing as if they were ushered in by the forces of darkness to destroy your life were actually on divine mandate from God to prove that you no ordinary man.

To the sensual perception it appears as if the devil is operating violently against your life and that you are void of help.

However to the spiritual perception God is at work in your life using what is seemingly evil to expose to you and to every one around you in regards to how much power of God is rested upon your life.

 If you are looking for a place of power in an environment that is experiencing a destructive level of shaking and drastic falling apart then you ought to look out for a place that is standing still/ a people that is standing still.

This is so because if you are going to find someone standing still in an environment that is experiencing a fundamental destructive shaking then you have found a people and a place of power.

The place and the person that is standing still amidst a great shaking are both the reason and the purpose of the shaking and the falling part.

This concept is further reinforced by the idea that even though every thing around him is shaking and making a move entirely based on panic and anxiety he is standing still because he is able to impact his environment without the environment impacting him.

Jesus Christ had over 70 disciples and all of them did not have an intimate, personal intense relationship with him.

And all of them did not have an intimate, and personal relationship with him, all of them did not experience the impact of his person hood upon his environment as much as the different environments that he stepped into.

All his disciples were never able to come to the fullness of his unique personality because they would not stand it.

All of his disciples were not able to experience the revelation of his extra-ordinary existence because all of them would not stand still after experiencing it thereof.

If it’s to be put another way then it can be said that all of his disciples but the 12 disciples did not experience the revelation of his extra-ordinary existence because all of them would not stand it except the chosen 12.

They would not stand it or stand still after experiencing all that Jesus was without feeling offended without feeling scared, without feeling jealousy, envious, and without being tempted to hate him.

All of his disciples did not experience the understanding of his teaching because it came to them in parables.

All of his disciples did not experience the storms that came against Jesus as fundamental signs sent by God to really prove who Jesus was in this world.

The only disciples who understood the mystery of the parables, the only disciples who experienced the storms that came as a sign to prove that Jesus was truly the son of God enshrouded in the power of God were only but 12 disciples.

  

It was the 12 disciples who experienced the storms in the life of Jesus and upon experiencing these storms they were filled with fear, anxiety and panic until Jesus spoke a word of power (revelation) to the storm in order to calm the storm.

And immediately the storm was calm then they understood that he was truly the son of God, When the storm was calm, then they understood that they were walking with the very power of God in their amidst.

Many times when it is that God is with you, you will be accosted by fiercely raging storms and the people around you will be shaken, you will be forsaken and you will be back-stabbed.

However you have got to realize that the storm that first accosted you is not a mere storm but it’s a sign from God to prove that the power of God is rested upon your life.

The storm that has accosted you is not just a storm but it’s a revelation from God that the power of God is rested on your life.

And the people who walked out of your life were not going out on you because of a storm but they were going out on you because they can’t stand the power of God on your life.

 They can’t stand the articulate revelation of God that comes out of you.

The place of your storm is the place of revelation and power of God in your life and if the people who walked out on you knew that divine mystery then like the 12 disciples they would have stayed in the boat with you.

The 12 disciples of Jesus would have drowned out of panic upon being accosted by this raging storm however the thing that saved them was their ability to look to Jesus.

In whatever storm of life that you find yourself entangled, if you can look to Jesus then everything will be alright.

They would have stayed in your company and in that relationship had they known the divine mystery behind the storms of your life.

 Its here and now that you have to carefully consider, that whatever that is going against your life as of right now is only but a sign that you are extra-ordinary.

 There is a special, idiosyncratic, and a powerful assignment, anointing and appointment of God on your life and what appears as an element of destruction in your life shall not destroy you but rather it’s only going to bring to bear the power of God upon your life so that all will see and praise the LORD your God.

In the story of Prophet Jonah, it’s only but important to note that Jonah made the decision to run away from his assignment in God and took to sail in a ship as an ordinary individual even though he was far from ordinary.

And his extra-ordinary personality only comes to bear the moment the ship he was sailing in was accosted by a fierce storm.

And when his uniqueness was exposed those he was sailing with ended up praising God and offering unto God a sacrifice.

This was done because they caught themselves in a fierce storm and while they tried to sail against the storm in vain, and while they tried to entreat their gods to help them out of this desperate situation of being accosted by a violent storm Jonah was in the hold of the ship sleeping unawares of what was happening.

Thus the revelation that Jonah was no ordinary folk dawned unto the sailors the moment they realized that even though the storm was raging fiercely against them and that they were desperate, Johan was least bothered like he was in a different world.

 When the power and the assignment of God are rested on your life it will enable you to stand still even in situation where every body dares not to stand still.

In standing still there is a clear demonstration that one has power over the storms of life.

In not standing still there is a sign that the storms of life have control and power over your life.

The lack of faith is only but indicative of the fact that you are vulnerable to the circumstance and storms of life.

This is reinforced in Matthew 8:23-27 when the 12 disciples following in Jesus' trucks are accosted by a fierce storm and then their immediate response is deeply engrained in panic, fear, and intimidation.

 It is this reason that Jesus demands to know the where about of their faith upon recognizing the fear that had gripped his 12 twelve disciple after they experienced the storms.

Amidst the storm Jesus is non-reactive because he deeply comprehends the power for the life of him and the extent by which the power on his life can subdue the storm against his life.

Henceforth it’s imperative to appreciate that standing still only confirms to your storms that the power of God is rested on you.

Never make the mistake of acting on the fear of your enemy because only then do you give him power over your life.

  

However in acting against the storms of your life, then the actions should be bent on the complete understanding, wisdom, and knowledge in the lord your God.

Furthermore, the reason why it’s imperative for you to stand still seen when the storms of life are raging against you is in the fundamental wisdom, understanding, and knowledge that when is it that Jesus is with you and you are with Jesus nothing coming against you can be able to destroy you or cut you off from fulfilling the purpose and destiny of God upon your life.

Jesus has power over every storm in life and as long as you following him the storms of your life shall you overcome.

While in the boat, the storm came against Jesus and the 12 disciples, but the reason and the target of the storm was not the 12 disciples but rather the target of the storms was Jesus.

Henceforth it’s here and now that it’s important for you to consider that the storms against you, the people against you, the people who left you for dead, the people who walked out on you when you much needed them were really not against you but they were against your destiny and purpose.

They hated on you because they would not stand the purpose of God on your life.

If you had no purposes of God on your life then nobody would be against you and no storms would be raging against your life.

Thus stand still and know that God is more interested in his purpose over your life and fulfilling the same and he is committed full throttle in making sure that he fights for you in overcoming all the storms against your life.