"What Kind of Man Is This?

"The men were amazed and asked, "What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey Him!" Matthew 8:27 In the last few years, so many things have happened in my life. Both blessings and trials have left me forever changed. But the one thing that has changed my life, has been getting to know God. I had no idea that this God, who I gave my heart to at five years old, wanted a relationship with me; a friendship. I open my Bible now and I feel like I am reading a personal love letter... straight from Him to me. And it all began several years ago with one question in my mind...Who is He? I realized that the person I wanted to spend eternity with, was someone who I didn't even know. I have recognized that other Christians feel this way. This is the very reason for God founding Filling the Gap Ministries. In Matthew Chapter 8, Jesus has just calmed a terrible storm while on the boat with His disciples. I can't imaging their eyes when Jesus simply told the winds and the waves to basically just 'hold up!" (Corrieology for 'be still'!) As God spoke to me through this passage, He pointed out something I had never realized before. The DISCIPLES are the ones who make the statement, "what kind of man is this?" Not people who are strangers and just meeting Jesus for the first time, but the ones who had agreed to follow Him on a daily basis. To me, this is very symbolic of us as Christians. Many of us don't know the one who we accepted salvation from. What about the relationship? If you are a Christian but you don't feel close to God or you don't feel as though you know Him the way He intends or the way you see that other people know Him, please decide to change this. I can guarantee that this relationship will change your life forever. How can you find comfort for grief if you don't know the Comforter? How can you find answers to a broken relationship when you don't know that restoration is one of His specialties? How can He tell you what to do about a job or financial problems when He isn't asked? I feel as though God laid it on my heart to write this today for someone who wants to close distance between them and God. I am finding out that a REAL relationship and REALLY walking with God takes much more than just being 'in the boat'. What kind of man is this?...that is the question. Love, Corrie My prayer for today: Lord, how I praise you for wanting a relationship with me. I can't even believe at times that you would even want to talk to me when I forget about you or ignore you. Yet, you remain the most constant in my life. How wonderful it is to know you have a personality and you want to be my friend...