In this story, Jesus and the disciples go from being swamped by the crowd to being swamped by a storm. We should keep in mind that several of the disciples are fishermen and were very familiar with the Sea of Galilee. They would have known that very dangerous storms show up there almost instantly. Undoubtedly, they probably would have known people who died on that lake when such storms came up so quickly. So, it is natural that they are very afraid.
What strikes me here though is how the come to Jesus. He is tired and is sleeping right through the storm, probably because he knew that God wasn’t going to let him die before the cross. He trusted God. But what do they ask him? ‘Don’t you care if we drown?’ We’ve been there before, haven’t we? Maybe we have never been so bold to use those words, but we can identify with them. We have thought, ‘God don’t you care about what is happening to me?’
What is even more amazing than that though is that after Jesus rebukes the wind and waves at once—a double miracle—the disciples go from being afraid of the storm to being terrified of Jesus!
Our times of greatest adversity give God the chance to show us just how powerful he really is. We all have diminished the power of God to some degree in our minds. However, when we are at our time of greatest need, he takes that opportunity to show us his true strength. How does Jesus want to show his true power through the adversity that you are now facing?
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