So when God asks Job, 'Who shut up the sea up behind doors… when I fixed limits for it and set its doors and bars in place?' Job 38: 8-10 [NIV] he is reminding Job that he controls the scariest thing that Job can think of 'the sea'. Not only that, God says he has walked the recesses of the deep and he also controls the scary sea monsters.
These images tell us that whatever it is that we think of as 'our worst nightmare' God holds it, controls it and limits it.
'You gather the waters of the sea into jars' Psalm 33:7 [NIV]
'You rule over the surging sea when its waves mount up, you still them' Psalm 89: 9 [NIV]
No doubt this last verse came to mind when the gospel writers wrote up the account of Jesus stilling the storm.
Do you feel yourself to be in the middle of a stormy sea that is out of control, making you feel sick, disorientated or simply battered? Remind yourself today that God contains and controls the sea and he was walked its depths. Ask him to help see his presence even in the midst of the storm.
Sheila Bridge
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