Day 7 - Sabbath (Saturday) | Daily Devotions | Morning and Evening: Gail Reading | Connect the Testaments | My Utmost for His Highest | Thoughts for the Quiet Hour |
Morning, September 14 Go To Evening Reading “There were also other little ships with him.” —Mark 4:36 Jesus was the Lord High Admiral of the sea that night, and his presence preserved the whole convoy. It is well to sail with Jesus, even in a little ship. When we sail in Christ’s company, we may not ensure fair weather, for great storms may toss the vessel that carries the Lord himself, and we must not expect to find the sea less boisterous around our little boat. If we go with Jesus, we must be content to fare as he fares, and when the waves are rough to him, they will be rough to us. We shall come to land by tempest and tossing, as he did before us. When the storm swept over Galilee’s dark lake, all faces gathered blackness, and all hearts dreaded shipwreck. When all creature help was useless, the slumbering Saviour arose and, with a word, transformed the riot of the tempest into the deep quiet of a calm; then were the little vessels at rest and that which carried the ...