35That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.” 36Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. 37A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. 38Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?”
39He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.
40He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?”
41They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!” – Mark 4:35-41
Ever feel like you’re in a storm you just can’t get out of? You feel like a house during a hurricane, constantly pelted by debris. You fail an important test. Then your iPod breaks. Then that guy/girl you like rejects you. T hen you get into a fight with your best friend. That’s followed by a fight with your parents. In fact, it seems like all you ever do is fight with your parents. One thing piles up after another in an endless stream of tough breaks. Life sometimes can seem like the storm the disciples came across. That storm was so furious that the disciples thought their boat was going to sink and they were going to drown to death. Sometimes our problems overwhelm us to the point where we think we’re going to drown too. We think things will never get better; we think things will never be right. So what do we do? We do what the disciples did, we cry out to Jesus. How do we cry out? With faith that He will hear us and calm the raging storm around us. He has the power to fix every problem of ours. He has the power to heal every broken friendship. He has the power to conquer those pesky sins of ours that won’t seem to go away. He heals the sick. He provides for the poor. He does it all. All He is asks for from us is for a little mustard seed-sized faith. So when life throws a hurricane of problems your way, don’t be afraid to cry out to Jesus. He’s the one who calms the raging seas around us.
39He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.
40He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?”
41They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!” – Mark 4:35-41
Ever feel like you’re in a storm you just can’t get out of? You feel like a house during a hurricane, constantly pelted by debris. You fail an important test. Then your iPod breaks. Then that guy/girl you like rejects you. T hen you get into a fight with your best friend. That’s followed by a fight with your parents. In fact, it seems like all you ever do is fight with your parents. One thing piles up after another in an endless stream of tough breaks. Life sometimes can seem like the storm the disciples came across. That storm was so furious that the disciples thought their boat was going to sink and they were going to drown to death. Sometimes our problems overwhelm us to the point where we think we’re going to drown too. We think things will never get better; we think things will never be right. So what do we do? We do what the disciples did, we cry out to Jesus. How do we cry out? With faith that He will hear us and calm the raging storm around us. He has the power to fix every problem of ours. He has the power to heal every broken friendship. He has the power to conquer those pesky sins of ours that won’t seem to go away. He heals the sick. He provides for the poor. He does it all. All He is asks for from us is for a little mustard seed-sized faith. So when life throws a hurricane of problems your way, don’t be afraid to cry out to Jesus. He’s the one who calms the raging seas around us.
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