Mark 4: 41They were terrified and
asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!”
The Sea of Galilee is a very bigger fresh water lake and at
the northern shore, there is a valley which forms a wind tunnel. When there is
a strong wind that comes all the way down from the northern region the Sea of Galilee
would experience waves of as high as 10 ft. This is rather dangerous and in the
days of Jesus the boats are rather small below 20 ft in length.
These would be just like cork floating and bobbling on the
surface of the lake. We can imagine that the boat would have been tossed violently
up and down. Surely Jesus could not have slept under such conditions but He
just kept quiet in order to test the faith of His disciples.
With the wind roaring and all the water splashing into the
boat it would not be possible for anyone to sleep. When the terrified disciples
woke Jesus up, He merely spoke to the storm to be still. This was to
demonstrate His power and authority over all creation for it was Jesus who
spoke all things into being. The whole Universe was created by Him.
The whole world was created by Him, the mountains, the land
and the oceans were all created by Him. They came into being through the
command of His voice. A storm like that was nothing to Jesus who had full
authority over the nature.
Mark has been the only writer of the Gospel to record the
authority and power of Jesus, the Son of God. At the time of Jesus’ baptism, Mark
also recorded the voice from heaven that declares; ‘You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.’
Today we have the scriptures that have been written by all
the faithful and mighty men of God who have revealed all spiritual truth to us.
Now we know and we understand the full counsel of God, His perfect redemption plan
for man and the world.
All that is left for us is to accept the truth of scriptures
and to walk in obedience to it. When we do that, we are assured of our
salvation and our inheritance in heaven.
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