![]() ![]() Without a hint of trepidation he tells the waves, "peace, be still." ![]() Storms in this particular body of water had taken the lives of many sailors, and the disciples knew it. In other words, when Jesus rebukes the wind, the wind seems to attempt to resist him. The Bible says in John 14:27 that “Jesus will give you peace, and not as the world gives.” The Bible also says in Mark 8:35 that “whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.”Īccording to John Gill, "He arose from off his pillow, and stood up and in a majestic and authoritative way reproved the wind, as if it was a servant that had exceeded his commission at which he shows some resentment: as if that which was very tumultuous and boisterous, and threatened with shipwreck and the loss of lives, had raged too much and too long: which was very unusual and extraordinary for after the wind has ceased, and the storm is over, the waters of the sea being agitated thereby, keep raging, and in a violent motion, for a considerable time whereas here, as soon as ever the word was spoken, immediately, at once, the wind ceased, and the sea was calmed: a clear proof this, that he must be the most high God, who gathers the winds in his fists, and stills the noise of the seas and their waves." He spoke “peace” to the storm raging with turbulence and fear. Fear drives us to take control of every aspect of the situation we are in so that if we fail, then we know that we at least tried.īut what if we were meant to let go of that control in our lives and trust that things will turn out the way they are supposed to be? Jesus was secure in knowing that everyone in the boat would not perish. In life, we cannot avoid being unscathed in situations we cannot control. Have you ever been in situations where you had no control over them? By means that you were there just along for the ride? It may not be a ride you would have wanted to be on, but you had to trust that you’d reach your destination. He said to them, “Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?”Īnd they were filled with great fear and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?” ( Mark 4:37-41). ![]() And they woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?”Īnd he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling. ![]()
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