The Storm

The Storm

“Then it began to blow a gale and the waves were breaking into the boat so that it was almost swamped.  But he was in the stern, his head on the cushion asleep.  They woke him and said to him, ‘Master, do you not care?  We are going down!’  And he woke up and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, ‘Quiet now!  Be calm!’  And the wind dropped, and all was calm again.  Then he said to them, ‘Why are you so frightened?  How is it that you have no faith?”  (Mark 4: 37 – 40)

There was calm before the storm broke.  The behavior of Jesus before and after the storm was the same.  He was asleep.  The Storm though violent did not wake him.  How do I react to crisis?  It is unrealistic to expect calm all my life.  Maturity implies a realization that life is up and down and a willingness to accept the ups and the downs.  

Jesus asked his frightened disciples:  “How is it that you have no faith?”  Without faith that God is with us, we cannot handle crisis calmly.  Romans 8: 28 teaches us that even the storms and crisis work for us.