Fearless-Factor - Jeremiah 5:22

What scares us? What is it that makes us afraid of certain situations?
This past week, my family went on a cruise with several other families from church. During one of the days the men took the older children on a Jeep and snorkeling adventure through Cozumel, Mexico, while our wives took the younger ones to the beach. While on the Jeep adventure we were able to enjoy another part of God's beautiful creation. After we visited a crocodile swamp we were headed to our snorkeling spot a few miles down the beach. However, the snorkeling adventure for some became an adventure of life or death in their minds.
As the group began to venture out into the water, my son Joshua and I began to venture out as well. We took our time because this was Joshua's first time snorkeling and he had just began to swim the past summer. When we past the point of touching the bottom for myself, my son began to freak out to the point that he was placing both off us in danger because as I am an okay swimmer, I am not a lifeguard. He began to panic, due to the remembrance of a comment another child made minutes before arriving at the snorkeling spot. The comment was...I hope we get to see some SHARKS. Yes, my 9 yr old remembered that sharks live in the water, and he that he would make a nice tasty treat.
He began to panic, kicking and slapping knocking my mask off and my snorkel. I finally got him to relax long enough to ask him one question. "Joshua, who created all of this water?" His reply, "God". "Did you know that God cares more about you than he does all of this water. He is not going to let anything happen to us." With that thought in his head, he began to listen to my instruction and we enjoyed a brief snorkeling adventure, on the way back to shore of course.
I shared with you this personal story, because God showed me something while in one of the Almighty's vast seas. God cares more about us than all of His other creations. What are we so scared of?
The Fearless Factor is Jeremiah 5:22 "Should you not fear me?" declares the LORD. "Should you not tremble in my presence? I made the sand a boundary for the sea, an everlasting barrier it cannot cross. The waves may roll, but they cannot prevail; they may roar, but they cannot cross it."
My Nina Uhlenbrock (Grandmother on my Mother's side) once told me she loves watching the waves. She said "it reminded me that God was constantly holding the waves back." He could allow the waves to keep rushing the land but God is in control of all things even the seas. If you allow Him to lead you in your life imagine the possibilities.
Be Fearless and Quiet No More.
Your Brother in Christ,
Trey Ore