5 Minutes of Hope
Sharing the HOPE and encouragement we have in God.
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God will make a way 
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Way back when
Yes, even then
He ruled the seas
And He does again
The winds and waves obey Him
Tides turn at His command
All creation bows in worship
He alone is the great I Am
“The sea is His, for He made it…” (Psalm 95:5)
“You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, You still them.” (Psalm 89:9)
I. The Sea of Galilee
(taming it)
Mark 4, Matthew 8, Luke 8
Jesus rebuked the wind and the waves:
“Peace, be still.”
Immediately there was a great calm.
This is the clearest example of the Master taming nature by His spoken word.
II. The Sea of Galilee (walking upon it)
Matthew 14; Mark 6; John 6
Jesus didn’t merely calm the sea.
He walked on it.
Peter even joined Him for a few steps until fear replaced faith.
III. The Sea of Galilee
(the miraculous catch)
Luke 5; John 21
While not calming the water itself, Jesus exercised complete authority over what was in the water, commanding the fish as easily as He commanded the wind.
🎶 By a roadway in the wilderness, He’ll lead me.
Rivers in the desert will I see. Heaven and earth will fade. But His Word will still remain.
He will do something new today.🎶 God will make a way
Where there seems to be no way
He works in ways we cannot see
He will make a way for me
From the first page of Scripture to the empty tomb, every body of water bears witness that creation recognizes its Creator.
Mighty God, all things are Yours and You rule over all. The mightiest breaker of wind and wave obey Your every word. May we, Your people, follow suit. In Jesus name. Amen
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Hebrews 12 AMP 
When mountains move
And oceans roar,
We cling to Christ—
Our Rock once more.
Though kingdoms rise,
Though nations fall,
His steady voice
Still beckons all.
Let earth be shaken
If it must be—
Lord, shake my heart,
But anchor me.
“Lord, shake my heart, but anchor me.”
Jesus said:
“You will hear of wars and rumors of wars… there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains.”
— Matthew 24:6–8
Notice what He did not say:
He didn’t say:
“When earthquakes become more numerous…”
He said they would occur in various places and that they would be like birth pains.
That analogy is worth lingering over.
Birth pains aren’t measured only by number.
A woman in labor doesn’t simply count contractions.
She notices:
- they become more intense,
- they become more frequent,
- they become more difficult to ignore,
- and they point toward an approaching birth.
Jesus borrowed that picture intentionally.
So the question isn’t merely:
“Are there more earthquakes?”
It may also be:
“Is the whole world experiencing increasing upheaval?”
When you step back, you see several “contractions” occurring simultaneously:
- wars,
- terrorism,
- earthquakes,
- famine,
- pandemics,
- moral confusion,
- deception,
- persecution,
- lawlessness,
- and remarkable advances in technology that affect nearly every aspect of life.
None of those, by themselves, prove that Christ’s return is imminent. Christians have seen similar patterns at various points throughout history. Yet together they remind believers to remain spiritually awake and faithful.
Consider this:
Jesus spent far more time telling us how to live than when He would return.
His emphasis wasn’t: “Figure out the date.
It was: “Be ready.”
The parables that follow in Matthew 24–25 all point in the same direction:
- Stay awake.
- Keep your lamp full.
- Be faithful with what I’ve given you.
- Love your neighbor.
- Care for the least of these.
- Occupy until I come.
That’s where the weight of the New Testament falls.
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The greatest sign of Christ’s coming isn’t found beneath our feet.
It’s found within our hearts.
The world may tremble.
The question is: Will the Church?
Will we awaken?
Will we return?
Will we love Him as our first love?
Earthquakes shake mountains.
The Holy Spirit shakes people.
And if history teaches us anything, it’s that God often uses times of great shaking to call men and women back to Himself.
That strikes me as the heart of the message—not fear of the next earthquake, but readiness for the King. And that’s a message worth preaching whether He comes today or a hundred years from now.
The safest place in a shaking world is not on solid ground—it’s in the hands of an unshakable God.
Mighty God, there’s a whole lot of shaking going on. In these times of uncertainty and unrest, may we rest in You, the Anchor of our soul. In Jesus name we pray. Amen
