The disciples were terrified! The waves crashed all around, water was getting into the boat, and Jesus was sleeping through it all.

I’m sure I would have been terrified too, until Jesus commanded the waves and the sea to be still… and the winds and the waves obeyed him!

The disciples thought they knew Jesus, but they didn’t expect this. “Who is this man?” they wanted to know. The answer to this question is the most important thing we will ever learn in this lifetime.

Is Jesus a great magician or Houdini from the past? Is he a flesh and blood person from a bygone era? Or is he the Master of the Universe, the One who holds everything together?

The disciples learned first hand that Jesus was/is much more than they had first imagined when he calmed their storm.

What storms are you experiencing in your life? Are you looking to the One who can calm the storm to get you through?

Read about it here:

Mark 4:35-41 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!”

–Mark 4:35-41 (NLT)