Hurricanes are powerful and destructive. The winds blow and the waves send destruction. It's a fearful experience. But the eye of the storm is quiet and calm.
The Sea of Galilee is known for the sudden appearance of ferocious storms. The weather can change rapidly. One day the disciples were on the Sea of Galilee. A ferocious storm rose up and they feared for their lives. Jesus, however was sleeping at the head of the boat on a pillow, comfortable and unconcerned by the noise of the storm. The disciples woke him up and asked " Don't you care that we are going to die?" Jesus got up and commanded the storm to be quiet. Immediately, the storm died down and the sea became as smooth as glass. Jesus asked them "Why are you so afraid?" I want to ask them,"Don't you know the Savior of the world is in your boat?" Your boat will not sink as long as the Savior is at the helm.
When I was a nurse in ICU, visitors would come in. Sometimes they would run out of the room and report the ventilator was alarming, after one chirp, caused by the patient coughing. I could hear the alarms from where I was sitting. I would explain to them that it was like a mother listening to the cries of her child. She knows when the child really needs attention and when they don't. I would tell them "When I get excited, you can get excited." Of course, I never got excited. And the visitors would calm down.
My advice to those Christians going through the storm is this: When Jesus is riding in your boat and sleeping, chill out. He's got this. With one word He can calm the storm. He CREATED the winds and waves. He can tell them when to be still. When Jesus gets excited, you can get excited. Of course, He never gets excited.
“He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! 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?””
Mark 4:39-40 NIV
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