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*Why Does God Allow Us To Enter The Storms of Life?*
*Matthew** 14:22-33*
Take your Bible and turn to Matthew 14:22.
Now after you have found Matthew chapter 14:22, look up here:
I stand here before you this morning by the grace of God.
I stand before you as one who should not be here, yet here by the very grace I stand before you.
All of us have problems.
As a matter of fact, raise your hand if you are going through a problem.
You're the fortunate ones.
If you have a problem, you should consider yourself very fortunate.
Do you know why?
Because if you have a problem, then you are a candidate for a miracle.
Think with me for a minute.
Who in the New Testament received a miracle?
It was those who had a problem.
You see, the people in the Bible who received a miracle, received the miracle because they had a problem.
Now what is interesting in Matthew 14:22 is that Jesus actually led His disciples into a life threatening problem.
Look at Matthew 14:22.
*MATTHEW** 14:22*
*22 AND IMMEDIATELY HE MADE THE DISCIPLES GET INTO THE BOAT, AND GO *
*AHEAD OF HIM TO THE OTHER SIDE, WHILE HE SENT THE MULTITUDES AWAY.*
Now notice the word “*MADE*.”
Literally what Jesus is doing, is commanding his disciples to get into the boat.
I get the strong impression that the disciples didn't want get into that boat.
So Jesus commanded his disciples to get into the boat.
Now why wouldn't the disciples not want to get into the boat.
I think they didn't want to get into that boat because they saw a storm was coming.
The disciple were smart and savvy seamen.
They look out into the distant and they see the making of a storm.
So Jesus commands the disciples to get into the boat and head the other side of the lake.
And a very fierce storm did arrive.
Look at verse 24 & 25
*MATTHEW** 14:24*
*THE BOAT WAS ALREADY A LONG DISTANCE FROM THE LAND, BATTERED BY THE WAVES; FOR THE WIND WAS CONTRARY.
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Now here is the point: Sometimes Jesus deliberately leads us into a storm.
Did you get that?
Jesus deliberate lead His disciples into a storm.
And sometimes Jesus allows us enter into a storm.
Now why would He do that?
Because Jesus wants to teach us a very important lesson.
*FIRST – I WANT YOU TO SEE THE STORM THE DISCIPLES FACED.
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*A.
NOTICE THE DISTANCE THE BOAT WAS FROM THE SHORE.*
*"THE BOAT WAS ALREADY A LONG DISTANCE FROM THE LAND…” *
I take it that the boat is in the middle of the Sea of Galilee.
The Sea of Galilee is only 7 miles wide and right now the disciples are smack dab in the middle of the Sea of Galilee.
And right now if the truth were know you are in the middle of a problem.
And if you are in a problem one of two things are true.
Either God has led you into the problem or God has allowed you to be in a problem.
Whatever the case, and whatever the problem you are in, your problem has God stamped all over it.
No problem is just an accident.
Remember, it was Jesus who led his disciples into the storm.
Not only do I want you to:
A.
NOTICE THE DISTANCE THE BOAT WAS FROM THE SHORE.
But also:
*B.
NOTICE THE PRESSURE PLACED UPON THE DISCIPLES.*
Look again at *verse 24* it says the boat was,
*“…BATTERED BY THE WAVES…”*
Interesting word “*BATTERED.”
(NASV*) *"BUFFETED" *(NIV).
It is actually a Greek medical word referring to torture.
It is translated elsewhere in the New Testament referring to labor pains.
I don't know to much about labor pains.
But Carol Burnett said, if I want to know what labor pains are like, all I really need to do is stretch my upper lip over my forehead.
Not get the point, the disciple were in a storm where the waves kept crashing and pounding against the boat.
I'm sure they were wondering if the boat was going to hold together.
As soon as the last wave smashes against the boat, here come another one.
And the disciples may be wondering , how are we going to survive the next one.
It may be that you are in one problem, that just seems to be crashing in on you.
And then as soon as you get out of that problem, another problem smashes into you.
And you are wondering, how are you going to survive this problem.
But remember God has either led you into this or has allowed you to enter the problem.
Your problem has God stamped all over it.
You just can't see it yet.
A.
YOU SAW THE DISTANCE THE DISCIPLES WERE FROM THE SHORE.
B. YOU NOTICED THE PRESSURE PLACED UPON THE DISCIPLES.
Now notice in verse 24:
*C.
THE DIRECTION OF THE WIND.** *
*MATTHEW** 14:24*
*24 BUT** THE BOAT WAS ALREADY MANY STADIA AWAY FROM THE LAND, BATTERED BY THE WAVES; FOR THE WIND WAS CONTRARY.
(NASV) *
*"...THE WIND WAS AGAINST IT." (NIV)*
It seemed like everything was against the disciples.
Here they were in the middle of a sever problem, the waves battering against the boat, and the wind is moving them in a direction they do not want to go.
They were trying to go one way, but the wind was pushing them another way.
You can imagine how their backs are bent to the oars.
The wind is wiping their hair in their eyes.
And it seems like for every foot they gain, they lose two.
Is that how it is with your problems.
Your not making any progress.
You got the washing machine repaired and now, the car breaks down.
You got the car fixed, and then the kids get sick.
The kids get well, and the company announces a potential lay off.
It seems like you gain a foot, and you lose two feet.
Life just doesn't make sense.
You know, from the human perspective, life doesn't make sense.
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