When the waves rise, our first instinct is to react. From the boat on the Sea of Galilee, a word on why holding your peace in the storm is itself a kind of victory.
There is nothing as beautiful as the man or woman who holds their peace in the middle of the storm. It is a victory all on its own. When the wind tore across the lake and the disciples were sure they would drown, Jesus was asleep in the boat — not because he did not care, but because he carried a peace the storm could not reach.
Fear always comes from the physical: the rising water, the falling numbers, the news you did not want to hear. But if you go deep enough, beneath the noise, there is a stillness that belongs to God and waits for you there. That peace is not pretending. It is the place from which the way, the answer, and the solution finally become clear.
So whatever is raging — in your home, your relationship, your business — do not take the wrong turn the storm is goading you toward. Step back. Sit quietly. Rest in the Lord, and do what Jesus did in the boat.
“Why are you afraid, O you of little faith? Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.”
What this stirred in you.
Add a word of encouragement or share what the Lord spoke to you. Kept gentle and Christ-honouring, for the building up of one another.