Fear....

John 6:15-24 was the sermon this past Sunday. Have I told you how much I love the sermons at our church, very applicable. We are studying the book of John and this Sunday was about the disciples in the boat during a storm on the Sea of Galilee. Pastor Samra mentioned this chapter is about FEAR. The disciples were 1. first seperated from Jesus when he went up the mountain and they went down towards the sea. Jesus told them if he wasn't there by night they should go without him to the other side of the sea. So they obeyed and did this. 2. They were then confused (didn't see what was going on in the situation) 3. Then the storm comes and they then see Jesus walking on water (which he hadn't done before) they thought he was a ghost and they became fearful. It was just awesome to see how it tied in to our life. When we sin (or are seperated from God in our daily walk) we then are confused about what is going on in our life if we don't see God or feel close to him, then we have fear when God doesn't work the way we think he should. But God doesn't promise our life will be easy (without the storms) but he does promise to be with us during the storm and help us get through it. Pastor Samra used other examples in the Bible where we see this. The Garden of Eden: Adam and Eve sin (disobey and eat the fruit), they are seperated from God (the fall) and they hide when they hear him (confusion, they now know good vs evil) and Fear (of God , they hide). I could go on and on with examples and scripture but what I took away from the sermon is that God will be with us during our trials, He promises to see us through the storms, maybe not the way we want (He doesn't calm the storm) he helps the disciples get to the other side.