Jesus Calms the Storm

Meditations of the Gospel of Mark

August 17, 2020

Jesus Calms the Storm

The disciples were absolutely terrified. “Who is this man?” they asked each other. “Even the wind and waves obey him!”

Mark 4:41

Read: Mark 4: 35-41

Many times, God is revealed as mightier than the sea and the forces of nature. Here are just four examples from the Book of Psalms:

65:7 You quieted the raging oceans with their pounding waves

89:9 You rule the oceans. You subdue their storm-tossed waves.

93:3-4 The floods have risen up, O Lord. The floods have roared like thunder; the floods have lifted their pounding waves. But mightier than the violent raging of the seas, mightier than the breakers on the shore—the Lord above is mightier than these!

107:28-29 “Lord, help!” they cried in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress. He calmed the storm to a whisper and stilled the waves.

Jesus had just concluded teaching four parables about the Kingdom of God. Then in just three words Jesus revealed he is God: “Silence! Be still!” If I had been in the boat with God, I too would have been terrified.

My Takeaway: “Lord, I invite you to speak to my anxieties, my fears. Silence them. Still them. You are Master of the wind and waves. Nothing is impossible for you. Amen.”

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

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