From the news of the murder of his cousin, John the Baptist, the news that Herod wanted to kill him too, through the "immeasurable joy" of his disciples returning having been healing the sick and performing miracles, "immense crowds and incredible demands" of people who wouldn't give him space to grieve and rest on such a day and these same disciples failing to trust Him later that same day when faced with five thousand hungry people.
As Lucado talks through these events one by one, he gives one an understanding of just how much pressure Jesus was under and yet how He "stayed calm in the midst of chaos" because He "knew the value of people". It is a lucid and helpful study of familiar Bible passages that takes us past our preconceptions and into what it must have been like to be there experiencing these things first hand.
And the message of the book? That Jesus knows all about storms and stresses and will be with us in them and help us. As always with Max Lucado, this is a book of hope that "with every torrent there is a calm centre - a place you can stand when your world gets windy." Read it and be assured that Jesus is Someone who knows exactly what you are feeling and that He "is closer than you've ever dreamed."
ISBN: 9780849943256
Catalogue code: N/A
Publisher: THOMAS NELSON - published N/A
Format: Paperback