Why Are We Terrified?

Mark 4: 36-41

Jesus Stills a Storm

³⁵ On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” ³⁶ And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. ³⁷ A great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped. ³⁸ But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him up and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” ³⁹ He woke up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” Then the wind ceased, and there was a dead calm. ⁴⁰ He said to them, “Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?” ⁴¹ And they were filled with great awe and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”

No matter when or how many times we read this Gospel, it seems perfectly timed to meet us in the midst of our latest storm. Sometimes it seems that life consists of one storm after another and we need to be consistently schooled in how to deal with them.Why are we so terrified?  Haven't we been through enough storms to know that Jesus will calm them,even this latest one that might seem to us the worst f them all? 

As we honor our Fathers today, we might remember the stories they told us about the storms that once plagued them and how God rescued them, or we might ask them to repeat the old ones or tell us of the latest one. We might take time to thank our Fathers for sharing their experience with us, and if we are Fathers ourselves, we might make it a point to share some stories with our offspring.

Happy Father's Day!

Bro. Rene