Like I said in the last post I am going to go over somethings that my pastor said on this past Sunday and also write through my thoughts on it too.
Jesus reveals himself most clearly to those who follow most closely!
In Mark 4:35-41 Jesus was in the midst of a storm with the disciples. He was calm and resting. The disciples were thinking we are going to die, this is the worst storm, we are in the middle of it, and Jesus is doing nothing about it. THEN they saw a miracle, they saw that this man, Jesus, could even control creation!
"Teacher don't you care if we drown?"
He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, "Quite! Be still!" Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.
They saw a great move of God, a clearer picture of this teacher, of this prophet they have been learning from, they saw more of JESUS, and saw him clearly, vs. 41 "They were terrified and asked each other, "who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!"
At one moment they are getting in the boat with their friend and teacher Jesus, like any other normal time. He had finished speaking to a big crowd and they went with Jesus. The next moment they see Jesus like never before, they learn that even the wind and waves obey him.
Now, the crowed was left behind. They may have seen that there was a storm out on the water, they my have noticed that it abruptly stopped, but they were not "in the boat" knowing that it was the power of Gods son Jesus doing this work!
There are a million on there things that I could type out in thoughts to this. But what a reminder to us that even if storms come, even when hard times are all around, when we are "in the boat" with Jesus we are with the best storm chaser, the one who is in charge of all things. And the closer we are to our Lord the more clearly we see him. We can TRUST our Lord. Amen!
much love,
Erika
part #2 coming soon: Our trust in Jesus grows as our vision of Jesus grows!
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