Mark 4:35-41 NLT
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?”
V 41 (ESV) And they were filled with great fear and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”
When we are afraid:
We question who God is
v. 38 “Teacher, don’t you care…..”
We question what God said
v. 38 “..... that we’re going to drown.”
We question how God works
v. 38 Jesus was sleeping
“The situations you thought were really bad are simply techniques waiting to be discovered.” - Rener Gracie
How can we learn to fear God more than our circumstances?
READ His Word
v. 41 And they were filled with great fear and said to one another, “Who then is this?”
REPEAT His Word
v. 35 As evening came, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let’s cross to the other side...”
RESPOND to His Word
v. 38 The disciples woke him up, shouting,
