“Who is this man?”

Job 20; Mark 3; Mark 4
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“Who is this man?”

Scripture

Mark 4

Jesus Calms the Storm

35 As evening came, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let’s cross to the other side of the lake.” 36 So they took Jesus in the boat and started out, leaving the crowds behind (although other boats followed). 37 But soon a fierce storm came up. High waves were breaking into the boat, and it began to fill with water.

38 Jesus was sleeping at the back of the boat with his head on a cushion. The disciples woke him up, shouting, “Teacher, don’t you care that we’re going to drown?”
39 When Jesus woke up, he rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Silence! Be still!” Suddenly the wind stopped, and there was a great calm. 40 Then he asked them, “Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?

41 The disciples were absolutely terrified. “Who is this man?” they asked each other. “Even the wind and waves obey him!”

Observation

Jesus was deep in sleep. The boat was filling with water because the waves were so big that they were breaking over the side of the boat and yet Jesus was asleep with His head on a cushion somewhere on that small boat. After a sleepless night last night I would love to be able to say that I sleep that soundly, but I don’t.
The point of the story is not that Jesus was asleep or awake; the point of the story is that God was in the boat with His disciples and they were not going to drown. When they came to Him and in a way rebuked Him for being asleep when the boat was in trouble that could have sat there and watched for how Jesus was going to take care of this bad situation. At this point in their journey with Jesus they did not have much faith in Him.

This was a learning experience for them. It is a learning experience for us. If you have Jesus as your Lord and as your Savior then when storms come into your life (and they will come) you need to look to Your Savior. Trust me He is not sleeping. He may wait until the water is coming into your boat, but He will save! He is the Savior.
What are you going through? Are you desperately screaming at Jesus because you are sinking or are you calmly trusting in Him to deliver you? Talk to Him today and focus your thoughts on Him.

Application

I will trust Christ today with every detail; no I will trust Him with all the details that concern me today.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, the details of life can make me very anxious. I pray that You would help me and help Kathy with all the details that need to be worked out before Sunday. I pray that Your mercy would flood the people that attend the Fall Festival. I pray that they would be drawn to our church. May Your Hand be on our church this weekend.

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