~Who do you See?~

by Dewey Fox

(Matthew 14:30 RV) “But when he saw the wind, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, Lord, save me.”

The message today is to “keep your eyes on Jesus.” When you turn away from Him you see the howling wind, the threatening storm that is approaching, the high seas and the dark clouds that are above you. You don’t see Jesus! You see the bad and ugly, not the good. I recently received a copy of an email that was written by WBTV meteorologist Melissa Greer-Polsky who was diagnosed with cancer several months ago. It was written about a week before her death. It’s a wonderful and exciting testimony from her. It was too long for this devotion today, but you can read it in it’s entirety by going to: www.biblicalfoodlaws.com/PDFFiles/MelissaUpdate4122007.pdf

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~God is Sovereign~

I woke this morning to a peace I have not felt since my cancer diagnosis four months ago. God has been tugging at my heart all morning long, and I can't go another hour without sharing what I read in my devotional last night. In Matthew 14, as the disciples were on a boat in the midst of a storm-tossed sea, Jesus came walking toward them across the water and Peter asked the Lord, “Tell me to come to you on the water.” The Lord did what Peter asked, and Peter began walking on water. “But when Peter saw the wind, he was afraid and beginning to sink, cried out, Lord save me!” When Peter kept his eyes on Jesus, he walked on water, but when he turned his focus to the threatening circumstances surrounding him, he began to sink.

While in Iowa and even during my chemo treatments before the operation...my negativity and pessimism were in full swing, and Roger and my mom were constantly on my case to focus on the positives that could be found with each result, of every scan, of each doctor report. Yesterday, after receiving the Pet Scan report...I was a bit discouraged and began to tear up. Roger (my ambassador of tough love) looked at me and said he was not going to cry, b/c God had answered his prayer...there was no new cancer growth...only spots that were there from the last pet scan...spots that could be treated with aggressive radiation and chemo. I'm learning to do what Peter did not do at that particular moment in the Bible...I am going to keep my eyes on Jesus, not my circumstances, and trust Jesus to safeguard me. I'm trusting God's sovereignty in all my circumstances and because of this...my negativity is now in full remission.

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Bless, Brother Dewey E. Fox