Helpless In the Storm

A couple of days ago it came a really bad storm in our city. It was lightning and thundering and the wind was blowing really hard. We have been teaching our 20 month old son to say “back!” to things that were bothering him, such as the dog or the waves in the swimming pool. Well, when the storm really got going he looked out the window and put up his hand, and with the most serious look on his face he said “Back thunder! Back!” Much to his dissappointment the storm mocked him and continued to scare him while daddy held him in his arms.

My mind immediately went to the disciples as they were in the boat in Mark chapter 4. I bet they felt helpless, just like my son. But that’s not the end of the story. There was one on the boat who the storm really obeyed. Jesus. Even the blinding flashes of lightning, the loud claps of thunder, and the roaring white caps were as nothing when the Lord of Creation uttered his command to be still! Thanks be unto God that he is our Saviour when the storms rage in our lives…even though we may feel sometimes like my little 20 month old son.

“And a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was already filling. But He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow. And they awoke Him and said to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?”Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace, be still!” And the wind ceased and there was a great calm. But He said to them, “Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?” And they feared exceedingly, and said to one another, “Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey Him!”” -Mark 4:37-41