As evening came, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let’s cross to the other side of the lake.” So they took Jesus in the boat and started out, leaving the crowds behind (although other boats followed). But soon a fierce storm came up. High waves were breaking into the boat, and it began to fill with water. 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?” 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. Then he asked them, “Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?” Mark 4:35-40
It almost seems frightening to address
the subject of plugging-in to God Almighty, and His power. It’s one thing to talk about the awesome God Who
created the universe and holds it all in the palm of His hand;[1] it’s quite another to contemplate standing near that kind of power, or
have that powerful presence turning your life upside down. Think Jesus, in the middle of your boat…the
storm is raging…and Jesus caused it…and then He speaks to it and it hushes
up. I’ve been more comfortable around
bare wires connected to a 220-volt line.
God's creative power is such that even
the smallest thing takes on new significance when we consider His work.
Take bacteria, for instance. Some
bacteria divide every 20 minutes. If
just one of these microscopic blobs could get enough food, and dispose of its
waste, it could, theoretically, in just 48 hours, grow to a size 4,000 times
the size of Earth! If God could put that
kind of potential in a single bacteria cell, there isn’t anything we can imagine
more powerful.
When Jesus came to the boat in that dark
hour, when His disciples were struggling against the raging storm, He simply
said, it is I, don’t be afraid.
Then he looked at the wind and said, Hush. It takes power to do that! And the words translated It is I, in the language of the
ancient Scriptures, are ego emi, I AM.
Any questions about the source of that power?
For You Today
In the midst of life's storms, go to
God..He is your source, He is certain, He is secure, and He is willing to share
with you, if you will pass it on to others.
He said so
You chew on that as you hit the Rocky
Road; have a blessed day!
Title image: James Tissot, Brooklyn Museum via WikimediaComons W Unless noted, Scripture quoted from The New Living Translation©
For other posts on Mark 4 see: Holy Mixtures - Part 3 and
Listening to the Light
[1] Isaiah
40:12 says that God, Creator measured off the heavens with the “span” (the
width of a person’s palm)
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