We do not know who wrote Psalm 100. The anonymous author pushed through doubt, disillusionment, desperation, disappointment and arrived at a place where, in a magnificent, melodic and moving anthem of praise and thanksgiving, he affirmed that God is good! In stanza five, he tells us why. God is good because of His exalted essence, matchless mercy and amazing availability.

Wouldn’t it be great if when we experience a reversal, a setback or find ourselves in a difficult place, to have the ability to grab a remote and fast forward through the pain, the sorrow, the tears, the disappointment or difficulty? So often we find ourselves in life at worst "stopped" and at best "paused" as we experience and endure the inevitable reversals - the trials and tribulations that will surely come. This sermon based on Romans Chapter 8, verse 18, is a spiritual remote that will help you fast forward through any crippling and cumbersome commercials that advertise on your life channel.

In the spiritual realm, storm chasers are rare. We don’t go looking for a storm! Rather, most of us are like the author of Psalm Fifty-Five who, while looking for an exit ramp from the storms of life wrote, “Oh that I had wings like a dove! For then would I fly away and be at rest.” The compelling storm narrative recorded in the Gospel of Mark, Chapter Four, communicates Jesus’s dominion over not just the demonic, disease and dysfunction in the human body, but over the disastrous forces of nature. In other words, when Jesus is on board with us, every storm we face in life has an expiration date. This sermon is a powerful reminder that there is a “story in the storm.”