REL A 250 The Storms of Life
In our class this week we have been discussing the miracles
of Christ. One that always seems to speak to me is Christ calming the tempest.
We used Matthew’s explanation in class so I decided to read Mark’s on my own.
In Mark 4:36-41 we read,
“And when they had
sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there
were also with him other little ships. And there arose a great storm of wind,
and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. And he was in the
hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto
him, Master, carest thou not that we perish? And he arose, and rebuked the
wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there
was a great calm. And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that
ye have no faith? And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What
manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”
One unique thing to note from these verses that Mark
provides is that there were other ships
with that had joined the disciples. There were likely many people on the water that feared for their lives. This
scripture always brings peace to me, knowing that the Savior has the power to
calm both the tempests in our lives and in our hearts, and I have felt that
power many times.
The principle I think we should take away from this scripture
is that often times we can forget in the midst of the tempest (like the
disciples did) who we have in our
boat with us. When the Lord is on our side our boat will never sink. That doesn’t
mean that bad things won’t happen though. Death, sickness, stress, loneliness
are all parts of life, but it should be comforting to know that the Savior has
the power to rebuke any storm we may face. The trials of this life are
temporary, and whether it is a physical, spiritual, mental, or emotional storm
that we face, the Lord will calm the storm in his timing.
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