Who do you trust?
Posted by Tomi on September 20, 2009
Sometime ago, I heard this story some about a family on a cruise. In the middle of their voyage long after their departure from their homeland, with neither ship nor land in sight, a storm broke out.
The troubled sea tossed and turned their ship around like a toy. Huge waves of water, swept over the mast of the ship tearing the sails. The winds roared and the gray skies seemed relentless, it poured and poured with rain threatening the safety of the ship.
In a corner of the ship, a mother sat wailing while her young son slept. Soon the little boy was awakened by his mother’s wail.
“Mother why do you weep?” he asked in a sleepy voice.
“You’ve been asleep” replied his mother “That’s why you do not know. There is a storm and we’ll drown if no help comes”.
“Is father still on the ship?” the little boy asked with an innocent voice
“Yes” the mother answered and while she still wondered what this has got to do with what she had said, the little boy went back to sleep. Mother waited for his boy to explain or ask another question but instead, she heard a tiny snore. The surprised mother roused him up and asked “Did you hear what I said about the storm?”
“Yes!”
“Do you understand?” Her brow was in a crease and her eyes were wide.
"“Yes. We could drown”
“Why then are you still sleeping. Aren’t you scared?” her eyes grew even larger and her brows almost touched her hairline.
"No I am not afraid. you said father is on the ship. I can sleep because he wouldn’t allow us to perish" he replied.
Here is what I learned from the story. So deep was that boy’s faith in his father that he felt no need to be afraid. This made me ask myself who do I trust in? Do I trust in my own abilities or do I depend on man? Asking those questions, I am reminded of the Israelites and the Egyptians. The Holy Spirit also reminded me of Psalm 20:7. What I realized is that if I have my faith deeply rooted in God, the fury of any storm cannot shake me. But how can I achieve this?
Galatians 5:22-23 lists the fruit of the spirit and right along with others “Faith” was included. This means that I should ask first for God’s spirit and allow him to take pre-eminence I must not in any way grieve him for this wouldn’t only mean Him staying away from me. It will also mean lack of faith and who knows? It could be as bad as being carried away by the storm for me. With faith, I learn to trust God and if I trust God, I will not be moved Psalm 21:7
So who do you trust?
