He Said To His Followers, “Why Are You Afraid? Do You Still Have No Faith?”

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Job 20; Mark 3; Mark 4

He Said To His Followers,

“Why Are You Afraid?

Do You Still Have No Faith?”

Scripture

Mark 4

Jesus’ Followers See His Power

³⁵ That day, at evening, Jesus said to his followers, “Come with me across the lake.” ³⁶ So they left the crowd behind and went with Jesus in the boat he was already in. There were also other boats that went with them. ³⁷ A very bad wind came up on the lake. The waves were coming over the sides and into the boat, and it was almost full of water. ³⁸ Jesus was inside the boat, sleeping with his head on a pillow. The followers went and woke him. They said, “Teacher, don’t you care about us? We are going to drown!”

³⁹ Jesus stood up and gave a command to the wind and the water. He said, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind stopped, and the lake became calm.

⁴⁰ He said to his followers, “Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?”

⁴¹ They were very afraid and asked each other, “What kind of man is this? Even the wind and the water obey him!”

Observation

It is the same question Jesus continues to ask us today, “Why are you afraid? Do You still have no faith?” 

We are on the top of Cedar Mountain in Brevard, North Carolina today visiting our friends, Dave and Ann Tucker. We are expecting a storm today. Winds could reach 65 miles per hour and it is expected to be a snowstorm. 

Now I am familiar with thunderstorms and I love to watch God’s power as they pass through our neighborhood and I especially love thunderstorms when we are staying at the beach. But a snowstorm up in the mountains is not something that I am real cool with if you know what I mean. It wasn’t really in our vacation plan!

Am I scared? Nope. The same Creator of the summer thunderstorms also creates the winter snowstorms. The thought of Kathy possibly having to drive in the snow … now that is an entirely different subject!

We are all going to go through storms in our lives. Storms give us the opportunity to have our faith tested. In the midst of our storms Jesus will ask us the same question that He asked His disciples, “Why are you afraid? Do You still have no faith?”

Application

I will hunker down today with our friends through this storm and I will trust in my God to deliver us. How about you?  

Prayer

Heavenly Father, You are always showing us that we can trust You. Help those reading this blog trust You today. Give me the faith to trust You during all the storms that come my way. You are mighty. You are our fortress. Nothing is too hard for You.

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