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Written by Max Lucado, a contemporary pastor and author.

His [Jesus’] call to courage is not a call to naïveté or ignorance. We aren’t to be oblivious to the overwhelming challenges that life brings. We’re to counterbalance them with long looks at God’s accomplishments… Jesus could have calmed your storm long ago. But He hasn’t. Does He want to teach you a lesson? Could that lesson read something like this: “Storms are not an option, but fear is”?… He’s the commander of every storm. Are you scared in yours? Then stare at Him.

Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior [Isaiah 43:1-3]