Read: Mark 4:35-41
And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said
unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great
calm.
Mark
4:39
No one in
his right mind likes to be out in a storm. It might be exciting to watch the
power of nature as it flashes the horizon with a bolt of lightning or growls
its might through thunder – from the safety of the house. The disciples,
however, found themselves in the middle of such a storm – and they were on the
water. The position of the Sea of Galilee made it vulnerable to sudden violent
storms, so most small boats didn’t venture far from the shore. But Jesus had
bidden the disciples to go to the other side while He went to sleep in the rear
of the ship. Of course, Jesus knew the storm would arise, and He could have
prevented it from starting, but He wanted His disciples to learn.
Many difficulties that come into our lives
make us wonder if Jesus is even mindful of our problems. It seems He is asleep
with no awareness of our issues because He is silent. But just as Jesus knew
the peril His disciples faced before He awoke and rebuked the storm, He knows
our issues and just how much we can handle before He must intervene on our
behalf. He is in control of the storms no matter how fiercely they rage or how
desperate we become. The disciples
foolishly asked Jesus if He even cared that they were about to die. What kind
of question is that to ask the One who controls the entire universe? Yet, we
fall into the same trap. Situations get a little hard to handle in school or at
home, and we begin to question whether or not our Lord even cares. Of course He
does, but He uses the storms we face in the same way that He used them for His
disciples: to teach us to have faith in Him.
No matter what you are facing, no matter
how dark the sky becomes, and no matter how violent the storm, Jesus is right
there in the middle of it with us, and He is in control of all the storms. The
winds and waves know His voice, and they will do what He bids them to do. He
allows the storms to rage because He wants us to become stronger in our faith
in Him. Let the storm surge; just know that you have a Saviour who knows how
much you can handle, and who stands beside us in the eye of the storm.
Quote
of the day: “Sometimes God calms the storm…sometimes He lets the storm rage and
calms His child.”
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