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their living. They had been out in other storms, so they knew what they were doing. But they did not remember one this bad in years.
Imagine the scene on the boat. Try to put
yourself in the state of mind that would make veteran sailors cry out, shaking
Jesus, who, incidentally, was fast asleep. How can he be that calm, or is it
that he just does not care? We recognize that we are in danger while this man
is calmly taking a nap in the back of the boat! He fell asleep on a cushion. Is
he that courageous, that crazy, or that foolish. How would it be possible to
sleep with the boat bouncing from wave to wave? The waves washing over the boat
should have been more than enough to wake Jesus!
The disciples finally shook him awake,
grabbed him by his robe, and yelled in his face “DO YOU NOT CARE THAT WE ARE
ALL ABOUT TO DIE!” It was not a lack of caring that allowed Jesus to take a
nap. It was the confidence in his Heavenly Father, his belief in the one who
created the wind, the waves, the very storm itself, could also provide safety
from it as well.
When all seems lost, nothing is lost if you
are in the boat with Jesus!
