hush & be still ...

 Mark 4:35-41

Who doesn't love a little boat ride?!?! Everybody enjoys a nice day on the water ... until a storm rolls up.

& this is where we find Jesus & his buddies today ... in the middle of what scripture describes as a fierce storm with high waves breaking into the boat, filling it with water. These guys had, no doubt, navigated boats through LOTS of storms before ... most of them were fisherman, for goodness sake! They knew their way around a boat! But it seems this storm was too much for them to deal with on their own ... So, it must have been a doozy!

I don't know if you have ever watched The Office, but there is an episode about fire safety where Dwight fakes a fire inside the office & it is pure pandemonium ... CHAOS ... that is how I envision the scene of what is happening on this fishing boat during this rogue, out of nowhere storm that's brewing!

Pandemonium for everyone ... well, almost everyone. 

The guys are freaking out & looking around for Jesus, because, well ... He always seems to be good in emergency situations. They find Him ... fast asleep at the back of the boat. JC just taking a little nap in the middle of the chaos that is brewing around them.

That will preach in & of itself! 

He wasn't bothered by the storm … it didn’t even WAKE HIM UP ... because He knew something that the others had forgotten ... He controls the storm.

SHEW!

They wake up Jesus & ask, "Don't you care we are about to drown?!?!!?"

Can you just imagine Jesus still groggy from His slumber, wondering what all the fuss is about??? 

He very simply gives 2 commands to the storm ... Hush! ... Be still!

Storm OVER! THE END!

Jesus wasn't afraid of the wind & waves. Wanna know why?

 HE CREATED THEM! The wind & waves recognized His voice & obeyed His command. 

The Jesus Storybook Bible tells this story so beautifully ... It says Jesus then asked them:

Why were you scared? Did you forget who I AM? Did you believe your fears instead of me?

Those guys let fear make them forget who was in the boat with them.

& don't we do the same thing? 

Forget ...

Jesus sent us The Holy Spirit so we never have to face our storms alone. We have His power inside of us. WE can tell our storms to HUSH & BE STILL! The problem may not immediately disappear, but the chaos inside of us can. We don't have to let the storms of life control us with fear. Don't believe your fears more than you believe Him. When things seem out of control in our lives, may our first response be to call on Him & believe He is able to silence whatever is stirring around and in us. 

Don't forget who is in the boat with you!

& don't you just know after He calmed that storm & everybody settled down ... Jesus went right back to His nap! 

O, I hope He did!

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