The Founation for a Healthy Heart

The foundation for having a healthy heart means having the kind of faith that Jesus was talking about here in the Mark 4 story about Jesus calming the storm.

This is the starting place to a healthy spiritual heart. Jesus was trying to teach the disciples in this story that faith means losing control. Following Jesus means giving up control. Faith in Jesus that will help us start off with a healthy heart means giving up control of our lives. Our lives are like the disciples’ situation on this boat. Our circumstances can overwhelm us far beyond our capacity to control them, even to the point of despair.

Maybe that’s you. Are you confused, discouraged – does the Christian life seem to work for others but not for you? If that’s you – there’s good news for you. Following Jesus and believing in him means that we need to surrender our attempts to control what we can’t control and ask God’s intervention. He’smore than capable to handle anything that comes our way.