Pastor's Corner

for Sunday June 13th
Jesus, don’t you care?!
Last week, in our journey through Luke on Sunday mornings, pastor Doyle preached on the story of Jesus calming the storm. An amazing event, one filled with challenging applications. In Mark’s gospel Mark adds this accusation by the disciples, “Teacher, don’t you care that we are going to drown?” (Mark 4:38) Are you kidding me?! “Don’t you care...?” Jesus must be thinking, “That’s right, the reason I came to earth; the reason I am here with you now; the reason I am going to die for you is because I don’t care?!” I’m being a little hard on the disciples, they didn’t understand yet just who Jesus was. I have the advantage of 20/20 hindsight; I know who Jesus is and why He came to earth. These disciples are still figuring it out, so I guess we can cut them some slack for accusing Jesus of not caring. However, we too are quick to say to Jesus, “Don’t you care?” “Don’t you care that my heart is breaking?” “Don’t you care that my business is struggling?” “Don’t you care that....?” (Fill in the blank) Things may be happening in my life that I don’t understand but one thing I never question is Jesus’ love for me. Since I am rock solid on that fact I can face the storms with a little more assurance. It’s hard not to be scared, many things in life are very scary, but since I know that Jesus cares and I know that He is with me I know too that I am safe with Him. I don’t know what your struggle is or why you have to go through it but I do know it’s not because Jesus doesn’t care, He does. So take a deep breath; hold on tight; Jesus won’t let you drown!
Pastor Don.