Can You Sleep When the Wind Blows?

Years ago a farmer owned land along the Atlantic
seacoast. He constantly advertised for hired hands.
Most people were reluctant to work on farms along the
Atlantic. They dreaded the awful storms that raged
across the Atlantic, wreaking havoc on the buildings
and crops. As the farmer interviewed applicants for
the job, he received a steady stream of refusals.
Finally, a short, thin man, well past middle age,
approached the farmer. "Are you a good farm hand?" the
farmer asked him.

"Well, I can sleep when the wind blows," answered the
little man. Although puzzled by this answer, the
farmer, desperate for help, hired him.
The little man worked well around the farm, busy from
dawn to dusk, and the farmer felt satisfied with the
man's work.

Then one night the wind howled loudly in from
offshore. Jumping out of bed, the farmer grabbed a
lantern and rushed next door to the hired hand's
sleeping quarters. He shook the little man and yelled,
"Get up! A storm is coming! Tie things down before
they blow away!"

The little man rolled over in bed and said firmly, "No
sir. I told you, I can sleep when the wind blows."
Enraged by the response, the farmer was tempted to
fire him on the spot. Instead, he hurried outside to
prepare for the storm. To his amazement, he discovered
that all of the haystacks had been covered with
tarpaulins. The cows were in the barn, the chickens
were in the coops, and the doors were barred. The
shutters were tightly secured. Everything was tied
down. Nothing could blow away.

The farmer then understood what his hired hand meant,
so he returned to his bed to also sleep while the wind
blew.

MORAL: When you're prepared, spiritually, mentally,
and physically, you have nothing to fear. Can you
sleep when the wind blows through your life? The hired
hand in the story was able to sleep because he had
secured the farm against the storm.
We, as believers in Christ, secure ourselves against
the storms of life by grounding ourselves in the Word
of God. We don't need to understand, we just need to
hold His hand to have peace in the midst of the
storms.

Luke 8:22-25 "One day Jesus said to His disciples,
‘Let’s go over to the other side of the lake’. So they
got into a boat and set out. As they sailed, He fell
asleep. A squall came down on the lake, so that the
boat was being swamped, and they were in great danger.
The disciples went and woke Him, saying, ‘Master,
Master, we’re going to drown!’ He got up and rebuked
the wind and the raging waters; the storm subsided,
and all was calm. ‘Where is your faith?’ He asked His
disciples. In fear and amazement they asked one
another, ‘Who is this? He commands even the winds and
the water, and they obey Him.’"