Pray. ( Psalm 107 )

In Psalm 107 we have the ongoing experiences of God's people, in the wilderness,and the Babylonian captivity,being afflicted with sickness, deliverance in a storm,blessings and chastisement,and mercy.The history of the Israel of the OT has a repetition to it,blessing, sinning,chastisement,restoration.I want us to consider the deliverance in a storm v23- 30,sea travel was notoriously dangerous,wind power drove the ships but it also could destroy them.In the storm here mentioned,it was sent by God v25.Why does God send storms into His children's lives?, the fact is, He does for different reasons,sometimes we are not sure why.In the case of  Jonah it was for disobedience,in the case of Paul and Silas in Acts 27, the witness of  Paul ,to those in the ship, To the disciples in Mark 4 v35ff, to challenge them as regards faith ,or the lack of it.In Psalm 107 we read three times,'Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress'. We read that the storm was so bad, they could do nothing,it reads that,' they were at their wits end'. It appeared that they were going to perish, and its only then we read,that they cried unto the Lord, Spurgeon  comments,'Though at their wits end, they had wit enough to pray'.It is never to late to call on God,no matter how dark things look,the Lord answered,'He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed', not only that ,'He guided them to their desired haven'.

                                                                   

                                                                 ' Psalm 50 v15'

                                                 ' Call on me in the day of trouble;

                                                   I will deliver you, and you will

                                                   honour Me'.