Our Personal Lifesaver
In the New Testament during the
Savior's life on the earth, he and his disciples were on a boat. The Savior was
tired and went to sleep but while he was sleeping a terrible storm came up and
the disciples became afraid. They woke the Savior saying, “carest thou not that
we perish?” The Savior gently asked, “Where is your faith?” and then calmed the
seas.
We are often thrown about in life's
stormy seas and there are times when we call out “carest thou not that I
perish?” The Savior is always there if we just show faith. He is our “lifesaver”
in the storms of life. He throws out the lifesaving device of the atonement to
help us overcome the stormy seas and we need to grab a hold of His lifesaving
device. He offers to buoy us up, strengthen and help us and He has made
resurrection and eternal life possible all through the atonement.
There was a certain man whose son was very sick to whom the
Savior said that all things are possible if you just believe. He cried out “Lord,
help my unbelief.” When those stormy seas come and our faith begins to falter
we can also reach out to the Savior begging for help with our belief and faith.
Then we can hold on to the lifesaving blessings of the atonement. It is only
through the Savior and his atoning sacrifice that we will be able weather the
storms of life. The Savior in every sense of the word is our “lifesaver.”
