What makes the difference

What makes the difference between everyone who is in the storm is what each one's boat carries. The people in your boat will determine whether your boat will capsize into the sea or your boat will stand firm. You remember the story of Jonah who was sent to Nineveh to preach the gospel. He almost made the boat capsize, until he was detected as the wrong person by his company and thrown out of the boat, and the storm stopped immediately. Who you have in your life is what makes the difference.
In life there are stormy times for everyone, whether you are born again or you are a child of the devil. But the difference between us is who we have in our lives. When you have the right people in your life, you have support and help from going down or drown into the sea, due to the storms. And it's better to be alone with Jesus in your boat than to be without anyone, because you could not find one single good friend to roll your life with. Jesus can make up for one billion good friends.
The children of Israel took a fight out against the children of Benjamin. And each time they asked God and got His approval, they lost the battle. They lost the battle twice, even though they got the approval of God to go into it. At the third time, God gave them his backing as He did in the first two times. This time they won the battle and had a mass victory over the children of Benjamin and other nations(Judges 20). Your losing certain battles of life and your disappointments at certain times is not the issue. The issue is if you still have God in your life, even while losing these battles or getting disappointments in life. Who you have during the storms is what matters, not the storms. It is the source that matters, not the flowing of water. As the Holy Spirit said to me one day, "Jesus did not promised that the water will always be flowing. He only promised us a Source that cannot dry" Jesus is that Source. As long as you have the right Source which is Jesus, the flowing of water is not a problem. Whether the water flows everyday or not is not a problem. The problem is whether you still keep God in your life, your relationships and everyday activities while you are losing battles or you have thrown God away.
Who you have in your boat is what matters, not the storms. The storm is for everybody.