Mark 4:34-41

Jesus Calms the Storm

35 As evening came, Jesus said to his disciples, "Let's cross to the other side of the lake." 
36 He was already in the boat, so they started out, leaving the crowds behind
     (although other boats followed).
37 But soon a fierce storm arose.
     High waves began to break into the boat until it was nearly full of water.
38 Jesus was sleeping at the back of the boat with his head on a cushion.
Frantically they woke him up, shouting, "Teacher, don't you even care that we are going to drown?"
39 When he woke up, he rebuked the wind and said to the water, "Quiet down!"
     Suddenly the wind stopped, and there was a great calm.
40 And he asked them, "Why are you so afraid? Do you still not have faith in me?" 
41 And they were filled with awe and said among themselves,
     "Who is this man, that even the wind and waves obey him?"
(NLT)

There are times when we cannot see the forest for the trees. Jesus takes this opportunity to teach His disciples about faith. A fierce storm arises. Does this sound familiar in your life -- things are going smoothly and suddenly life gets hard? Now you have to make a hard decision that you never wanted to make but now you have to. What are you going to do? First we try to do it ourselves, we plan, we work our plan, and we half-heartedly pray and continue until things are unbearable. What do we do? Is Jesus or God the Father asleep? Why has He left me here to deal with this all by my self? Has He? What happened was we missed the very first step. We forgot to get on our knees and really pray. Not the “hey Lord why don’t you just make everything go my way because that’s easier, what do you say.” That is never God’s plan. God’s plan is faith in Him and faith alone. Because when we fail doing things our way Jesus first tells us to "Quiet down!" then He asks us "Why are you so afraid? Do you still not have faith in me?" We must live each day and each moment by faith. Total trust in Him knowing what is best for us. The truth is that we do not really know what is best for us or anyone else. Only Jesus knows what is best and if He knows what is best for you then you need to put your full trust and faith in Him. Sad to say the disciples at this point still didn’t get it. Let's learn from the disciples and learn to live by faith in Christ daily.

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