"Salvation is of the LORD." -Jonah 2:9

"Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation ." -P SALM 35:3 [KJV]   To keep water sweet, it must be perpetually running; and to keep the life of God up in the soul, there must be continual exercises. This is the reason why the Lord's people have so many conflicts, trials, painful exercises, sharp sorrows, and deep temptations,—to keep them alive unto God; to bring them out of, and to keep them out of that slothful, sluggish, wretched state of carnal security and dead assurance in which so many seem to have fallen asleep—fallen asleep like the sailor upon the top of the mast, not knowing what a fearful gulf is boiling up below. The Lord, therefore, "trieth the righteous." He will not suffer H is people to be at ease in Zion; to be settled on their lees, and get into a wretched Moabitish state. He therefore sends afflictions upon them, tribulations, and trials, and allows Satan to tempt and harass them.   And under these feelings the blessed Spirit...

35  On the same day, when evening had come, He said to them, “Let us cross over to the other side.”  36  Now when they had left the multitude, they took Him along in the boat as He was. And other little boats were also with Him.  37  And a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was already filling.  38  But He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow. And they awoke Him and said to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?” 39  Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace, [ a ]  be still!” And the wind ceased and there was a great calm.  40  But He said to them, “Why are you so fearful? How [ b ]  is it that you have no faith?”  41  And they feared exceedingly, and said to one another, “Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey Him!” see Mark 4:35-41 There are a number of storm stories in the Bible. M...