Application

We can fill our hearts with fear, convincing ourselves that Jesus doesn’t care. Or we can trust him—to calm the storm or calm us.

Jesus said, “On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”

We can fill our hearts with fear convincing ourselves that Jesus doesn’t care. Or we can trust Him to calm the storm or calm us in the storm. I know it’s easier said than done, but those are our choices - fear or faith. It’s an easy answer; it’s a hard application. Let’s pray for His help.

He makes the confusing clear and the complex simple. He sums up the entire Old Testament with these two commands. Now all that’s left is the application.

In the story of Israel’s first king, we learn an important lesson: sometimes God answers our prayers, and we live to regret it. And from this lesson we learn an important application: be very careful what you pray for.