Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me

When a person looks down at the ocean, they see the wild waves of the sea. These waves are pushed around by the winds with no self-control. Paul compares this kind of wandering to a person who is not mature in the word of God. Ephesians 4:14 says, “We will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching.” The waves are not only subject to the wind, but they show their short-lived lives by cresting and exploding. The waves become higher than the water around them; they show off with splashing and foaming. The wild show soon becomes just flakes of foam and a few bubbles. James compares this to a person who prays but doubts. James 1:6, “But when he asks he must believe and not doubt because he who doubts is like a wave of…