{"id":42128,"date":"2026-10-27T22:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T05:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=42128"},"modified":"2026-10-26T20:26:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T03:26:39","slug":"26-1028","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/26-1028\/","title":{"rendered":"Upward, Not Inward"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Max Lucado<\/p>\n

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We\u2019d rather be spared the storm. Or if the storm comes, let it be mild and our deliverance be quick. Let the job dismissal come with a severance package and an offer of a better position. Let the marital strife turn quickly to romance. Sometimes it does.<\/p>\n

But when it doesn\u2019t, when we are thorax-deep in turbulence, Jesus wants us to know his name and hear him saying, \u201cI am coming.\u201d Such was the experience of the disciples. The moment they invited Christ into their boat was the moment they reached their destination. \u201cSo they gladly took Him aboard. And at once the boat reached the shore that they were making for\u201d (John 6:21 Phillips).<\/p>\n

Follow the example of the disciples. Welcome Jesus into the midst of this turbulent time. Don\u2019t let this storm turn you inward. Let it turn you upward. Remember my friend, you are never alone.<\/p>\n

\"\"Read more You Are Never Alone: Trust in the Miracle of God’s Presence & Power<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We\u2019d rather be spared the storm. Or if the storm comes, let it be mild and our deliverance be quick. Let the job dismissal come with a severance package and an offer of a better position. Let the marital strife turn quickly to romance. Sometimes it does.<\/p>\n

But when it doesn\u2019t, when we are thorax-deep in turbulence, Jesus wants us to know his name and hear him saying, \u201cI am coming.\u201d Such was the experience of the disciples. The moment they invited Christ into their boat was the moment they reached their destination. \u201cSo they gladly took Him aboard. And at once the boat reached the shore that they were making for\u201d (John 6:21 Phillips).<\/p>\n

Follow the example of the disciples. Welcome Jesus into the midst of this turbulent time. Don\u2019t let this storm turn you inward. Let it turn you upward. Remember my friend, you are never alone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42130,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upwords"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42128"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42131,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42128\/revisions\/42131"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}