Peace, Be Still!
Mark 4:37 a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was already filling.
The Sea of Galilee lay seven hundred feet below sea level with bordering mountains that rose several thousand feet high. Cool winds from the mountain peaks would sweep down onto the sea and stir up strong, violent winds. The disciples' boat was caught in just such a storm.
Jesus, however, was asleep in the stern-until His disciples frantically awakened Him with, "Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing!" (vs.. 18). Do you know that feeling when, overwhelmed by the circumstances of life, you cry out to God!
Undaunted by either their question or the storm, Jesus stood, rebuked the wind, and commanded the sea, "Peace be still!" (vs39). Calmness came immediately.
We human beings are limited by physical constraints and nature's laws, but God is not. In fact, what are obstacles to us are thoroughfares for God. The key is trusting God in spite of what appears to be imminent disaster.
So, whatever your senses are telling you about your current situation and however overwhelmed you may be feeling; know that God cares deeply about you and that He can calm any storm in your life.
God's Daily Agenda, Blackaby
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