"He will be with thee, He will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed" (Deut. 31:8).
The disciples thought that angry sea separated them from Jesus. Some of them thought even worse than that; they thought that the trouble that had come upon them was a sign that Jesus had forgotten all about them, and did not care for them. 0 dear friend, that is when troubles have a sting, when the devil whispers, God has forgotten you; God has forsaken you-when your unbelieving heart cries as Gideon cried, "If the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us?" (Judg. 6:13).
The trial has come upon us to bring the Lord nearer to us. The trial has not come upon us to separate us from Him, but to make us cling to Him more faithfully, more tenaciously, more simply.