Who Is In Your Boat?
Now when Jesus got into a boat, His disciples followed Him. And suddenly a great tempest arose on the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves. But He was asleep. Then His disciples came to Jesus and awoke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!”But Jesus said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and immediately there was a great calm. So the men marvelled, saying, Who can this be, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?” Matthew 8:23-27.
Are you facing a storm in your lives? From this incident, we can glean a tremendous revelation: it is vital to know who Jesus Christ is if He is in our lives. While everyone else feared for their lives, Jesus slept. The disciples woke Jesus with anxious voices, Master, do you not care that we are close to perishing?
Then Jesus stood and rebuked both the wind and the sea, and declared, “Peace, be still! “With only these three words uttered, everything changed. The disciples looked at one another in astonishment, saying: ” What manner of man is this that even the wind and the sea obey Him?
The miracle wasn’t just that the storm stopped. It was that the Creator was standing in the boat. The one who commands the oceans was with them all along:
- The storms of life are real.
- Fear is real.
- But Christ is greater. When everything around us feels out of control, we are to remember this. The same Jesus who calmed the sea still reigns today. Here is the crux that matters: