Why there is a STORM .....A Must Read

Jesus just finished speaking to a man to leave his dead father to bury himself and follow him. The man agreed to follow Jesus and entered into a ship with Jesus and His disciples. And then not long after their ship took off, there arose a great storm against the ship. The disciples were afraid and called Jesus to do something. Jesus rebuked the wind and there was a great calm in the sea. The storm could not capsize their ship and kill them.
Listen, why there is a storm in your life is because there is Jesus in your ship. The moment you decide to accept Jesus into your life and follow him, there will be storm. Expect storm, so that you won't doubt your salvation, thinking that you have sinned against God.
You are asking, "why does God allow storms to come against me, if He truly loves me? This is the answer to your question: How does God show to the devil that the storm would not matter, if He does not allow it to blow? How will God show the devil that the evil around you, the challenges and fears that you are passing through will not matter, if He does not allow them to happen? The only way to show the devil that the storm that hits against you will not matter is to allow it, because He will deliver you and you will still be standing. The storm will not kill you or remove you from the ship which represents the kingdom of Christ. The Bible says, "what shall separate us from the love of Christ?" Shall tribulation? "Shall peril? Shall distress?" No, nothing can separate us from God. Bible also says they that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion which cannot be moved but abideth forever. Bible also says when the enemy shall come against you like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall raise up a standard against them. Bible says again that when you pass through water, he will be with you. And through the river, it shall not overflow you-Isaiah 43:2.
The storm is blowing, so as to remove you from the ship and drown you into the sea, because it could not take Jesus out. But the storm forgets that the scripture says that you shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water that bringeth forth his fruit in its season, its leaf shall not wither, and whatsoever he does shall prosper- Psalm 1:3. Jesus is the rivers of water which is by your side in the ship (His kingdom) like He was in the one with His disciples. John 7:38-39. So, don't be afraid, because the storm wouldn't matter, as long as Jesus is in your ship.
"Does that mean that i will not experience storm, if am not in the ship with Jesus?" No, you will experience the storm of wind, even if you are not in the ship with Jesus. But yours will be a judgement, rather than justification. How do we know those who have Christ and those who do not? It is by judgement and justification. Those who do not have Jesus in their life will be judged, while those who have Jesus will be justified. How is someone justified as a Child of God? Bible says the rain will descend on him, the flood will come and the wind will blow against him, but he will not fall, because he is founded upon the rock which is Jesus-Mathew 7:24-27. That's what justifies someone that he has Christ. If you don't have Jesus in your life, you will still experience storm of wind, but your own storm will be a judgement. How?: when the rain descends, and the flood comes and the wind blows, you will fall and your fall will be great, says Mathew 7:24-27. Bible also says that the ungodly is like the chaff which the wind drives away (Psalm 1:4)
Both those who are in the ship with Jesus and those who are not will experience storms of wind, but the storm against the follower of Christ will be for justification, while the storm against the one who is not following Christ will be for judgement.
There is a storm in your life because Jesus is in your ship. It wouldn't matter, as long as Jesus is in the ship. The storm will only justify you. It will not destroy you. It will not displace you. Remain blessed.

-Pastor Mike Seyi Babalola