This is how I have felt all semester. They say junior year is the hardest. If you survive junior year, senior year will be a breeze. I was drowning in school, work and life in general until a few weeks ago when the Lord taught me a simple truth.
"Jesus Christ can float a full boat."
Brother Russell Jones preached out of the latter part of Mark 4 at my church a few weeks ago. This was not the main point of his message but this is what God pointed out to me and has kept bringing back to mind.
Mark 4 is the account of Jesus in the boat with His disciples. While they were on the boat a great storm rose up. Verse 37 says:
"And there arose a great storm of wind,
and the waves beat into the ship,
so that it was now full."
The storm was so great that the waves were beating on the ship and the water was filling it. Can you imagine what the disciples must have been thinking? I know if I were one of them I would have been terrified and would have been thinking that I was gonna die! (Honestly, that's how I felt the first month and a half of this semester.) But...
"Jesus Christ can float a full boat."
To the disciples, their circumstance was probably overwhelming and terrifying but Jesus Christ floated their boat.
The next time you feel overwhelmed with life and you feel like you're drowning, cry out to God because He can float that full boat.
When your schoolwork is overwhelming and it seems like too much to do - Jesus Christ can float that full boat.
How about when your roommate calls and your apartment has ankle deep water in it? Yep, Jesus Christ can float that full boat too. (And that wet apartment.)
When you need groceries but there's no money in the bank? Yes, Jesus can float that boat also.
No matter what you're going through in life Jesus Christ can float your boat! No, we can't go through life and keep ourselves afloat but isn't it wonderful that we know the One who created, orders and now fills that boat?
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