Are You Running from Jesus?

When you're in the middle of a storm, the one thing the enemy will try to do is to keep you from running to Jesus. Fear, panic, anxiety sets in. You have trouble keeping your mind from conjuring up the worst case scenario. Storms will pretty much do one of two things to you. They can drive you closer to the Lord or they can drive you away from the Lord. The choice is yours. Some people get angry and bitter, even at God because of the painful circumstances they find themselves in. When they don’t understand they pull away and shut Him out instead of reaching up through the turbulent waves for His hand. The enemy wants to keep you in fear or keep you distracted by your situation because drawing closer to the Lord in those times is where our ultimate comfort and strength comes from. For those who call out to Jesus, they let the turbulent waves push them closer to God. This often comes by having gone through multiple storms in life and experiencing God’s faithfulness time and again.

It’s living in an attitude of prayer; keeping an ongoing conversation with God that never stops. The bible says to pray continually, without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:17). God is not part of your life. He is your life. And he lets you ask Him anything. When I’m talking to Him, I say “Lord, here we are again. I need to hear from You. Where do we go from here?” I just have to know that wherever I go, He’s going with me and guiding me. Just like the cloud that the children of Israel followed in the dessert, I want him walking by my side every step. He’s leading me, not me leading Him. He knows where I’m going. I don’t know that. I just follow.

One of the evidences that you’re walking with God is His supernatural peace–a peace that passes all understanding. And that means it’s a peace that doesn’t make sense at times. Peace isn’t the absence of difficulty or pain. It’s the presence of God amidst those difficulties. Peace is a Person in the storm with us, holding us, carrying us, calming the turbulence within us.

“For He Himself is our peace” (Ephesians 2:14). “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore, we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea” (Ps. 46:1–2).

Jesus IS God. He is our Peace. Run to Him for refuge, strength, and peace. He's real, alive, and fully present even though our circumstances often scream the opposite.