February 12 Jesus' Calm

Jesus’ Calm

Mark 4:35-40 That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.” 36 Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. 37 A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. 38 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?” 39 He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm. 40 He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?”

WHAT DO you think? Does Jesus care if you drown? When life’s storms wash over you and the winds of doubt, worry and pain blow against you, don’t you want to know, “Jesus, don’t you care if I drown?”
Jesus clearly shows here that he does care. He does have the power to save you from the storms. And he will use it.
It’s too easy, isn’t it, to focus on the storms even though the Savior is with you? The disciples could have called on Jesus when the clouds were forming and the wind increasing, but they focused on dealing with the storms in their own way. After all some were experienced on the sea and knew how to handle a boat. They could “do it themselves”.
But the storm got too big for them. Their fear got too big for them. Desperately they turned to Jesus. And Jesus came to quiet the storm with his words.
What storms rage around you? You can’t handle them yourself. Jesus can. Have that faith in his power to calm the storm.

Pause and consider how Jesus speaks calm.