Today is day four of our fast in the natural you may feel hunger pangs and be a little more tired than usual. Make sure you drink plenty of water and be sensitive to what your body is saying to you. It may me necessary to curtail your physical activity a little. On the spiritual side you may begin to notice an increased sensitivity to the Holy Spirit in your daily activities. Make sure to spend ample time in the word and in meditation, as this will not only draw you closer to God, it can become a source of substance. Today I would like us to meditate on the passage found in Mark 4:35-41
35On that day, when evening came, He said* to them, “Let us go over to the other side.” 36Leaving the crowd, they took* Him along with them in the boat, just as He was; and other boats were with Him. 37And there arose* a fierce gale of wind, and the waves were breaking over the boat so much that the boat was already filling up.
38Jesus Himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke* Him and said* to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?” 39And He got up and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Hush, be still.” And the wind died down and it became perfectly calm. 40And He said to them, “Why are you afraid? How is it that you have no faith?” 41They became very much afraid and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?”
The lesson for us to learn from this passage is that it does not matter how great or severe the storm of life is that we are facing, it is not beyond the scope of Jesus's power and authority. We must only come to him in faith and ask for his help.