Hey Kim, just what is it about you that the Lord is trying to accomplish, I was just sitting here minding my own business and all this happened…
When life gets hard, what makes it easier to get through the tough days? Having a friend or loved one nearby? Calling your best friend? The disciples discovered something even better in Mark 4:35-41. They learned how to get closer to Jesus and why that is so vital in our lives to do the same for us!
They were sailing across the Sea of Galilee one night and a ferocious storm blew in. The boat they were in was tossing and turning, threatening to go under. They held tight to each other, and all pitched in to save the boat. But even that wasn’t enough. Then, they realized they had Jesus in their boat. They had the One who could truly save them from the storm and provide the deepest comfort and peace in their storm. As they called out to Jesus, he calmed the storm with just a word.
“That day when evening came, Jesus said to His disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.” Leaving the crowd behind, they took Him along, just as He was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke Him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?” He got up, rebuked the wind, and said to the waves, “Pease! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was COMPLETELY CALM. He said to His disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?” THEY WERE TERRIFIED and asked each other, “WHO IS THIS? Even the wind and the waves obey Him!” (Mark 4:35-41 NIV)
These fishermen had been in storms like this before and they knew that the storm NEVER just instantly stops, the water becomes like glass and there is no wind at all. No wonder they were terrified.
This is the very same Jesus we love and are serving HE’LL CALM YOUR STORMS AS WELL KIM.
-Bill Stockham