One of the reasons God will allow turmoil that he doesn't ease is he wants to bump up your understanding of who he is.

Dr. Tony Evans says God wants us to know that he operates outside of the limitations of the natural world.

He wants you to see that if you hang with him, you can walk on water with him.

This is the alternative broadcast featuring the timeless biblical teachings from the archives of Dr. Tony Evans.

Just as the physical world experiences severe weather events, our lives are subject to spiritual

tempests that will try to overcome us when

they hit. But today, Dr. Evans explains why having the Lord in your life can make you stronger

than any storm you'll need to face. Let's join him as he begins. He tells us in Matthew

14, verse 22, that Jesus made the disciples get into the boat they weren't

volunteering to get in the boat he had to force them to get in the boat he had to convince

them one version says to get into the boat they didn into the boat. They didn't want to leave.

They didn't want to leave for two reasons.

They didn't want to leave Jesus, but they knew the weather forecast wasn't in their favor.

These are guys who lived on the water.

These were fishermen.

They lived on the Sea of Galilee, and they knew things look shaky.

And this is not a good time to go, especially when we're going to go later in the evening.

It's not a good time, so Jesus had to force them out.

So he makes them get in the boat and go to the other side.

Sometimes God will put you in challenging situations that you can't avoid because he's going to force it on you.

As you remember the story, as they were going when they got to the middle, it says that they were battered by the waves in verse 24,

for the wind was contrary. In other words, the wind was blocking them to get where they were

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