Pastor Leon’s SOAP:  Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer
January 8, 2022: SOAP #4419:  Genesis 20-22; Luke 8   (Repeat from 2010)

SCRIPTURE:  Luke (NIV) 8:22 One day Jesus said to his disciples, “Let’s go over to the other side of the lake.” So, they got into a boat and set out.

OBSERVATION: There were only two things the disciples needed to know: 1) they were going to the other side of the lake and 2) Jesus was going with them.  He did not tell them about the storm they would pass through, nor about the demon possessed man they would encounter when reaching the other side.  The storm put them in “great danger,” but the One with them was greater than the storm!  The man was possessed with a “legion” of demons (a full Roman legion consisted of 6,000+ men) but the One with them was greater than the demons!    

APPLICATION:  When the Lord says, “Let’s go…,” he is not promising a trouble-free trip.  But he is promising to go with me!   When the Lord says, “Let’s go…,” he may not tell me what I will encounter, but I can proceed with confidence that “greater is he that is in me than he that is in the world.” (1John 4:4) And although I may not know it, he has a plan and a purpose for the trip. 

PRAYER:  Lord, As I go through this day, not fully knowing what is ahead, I am assured that you are with me, and you are greater than any storm or need I will encounter.  Lord, I am counting on you!  Amen.

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