He does the same thing he did when He casted out the demon back in Chapter 1 … he simple speaks. If you’re a Gen-X’er and didn’t get that … By the Power of Grayskull. He doesn’t wave a magic wand and and shout some incantation Expecto Patronum (millennial) I’m about to go 12-rounds with this storm. He simply scolds the wind, and says to the waves … Silence! Be still … Sit down! Be quiet! It’s a small boat.ĭid they try throwing something at him? Jesus! Don’t you care what is happening.ģ9 When Jesus woke up, he rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Silence! Be still!” Suddenly the wind stopped, and there was a great calm. Remember, this isn’t the black pearl or a cruise ship. The text says the disciples (plural) woke him up. Why isn’t he waking up? He’s not going to be any sort of King, if we don’t even survive this storm?
Wave after wave is crashing over the bow. All of a sudden the boat begins filling with water. The men have probably been fighting the waves, and doing things necessary to survive. So, try if you will to really envision this scene. … The disciples woke him up, shouting, “Teacher, don’t you care that we’re going to drown?” One of my kids asked if I thought Jesus was snoring. Maybe the calm sway of the ocean just knocked him out. My family discussed this text over dinner on Monday, and we’re all like HOW is Jesus sleeping through this? I mean I get it, our kids when they were young, the boat was like a rocking cradle.
They’re familiar with this lake.īut this one must have been exceptionally bad … because these men think they are going to die.ģ8 Jesus was sleeping at the back of the boat with his head on a cushion.
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They’re not wearing a little patch behind their ear to avoid motion sickness. (picture)Īnd remember, these are fisherman. This is a horrific storm, and your boat doesn’t even have an engine, like the one in the movie, and it’s a small boat … the typical size of a fishing boat was around 25 ft in length, about the size of all the recreational boats here in SWFL. I want us to get our minds into just what these disciples were experiencing. That’s why I showed that video from the perfect storm. This story has become very familiar to many of us, and so we’ve lost the image of what it’d be like to be in this boat/storm. High waves were breaking into the boat, and it began to fill with water. But around the lake are hills and mountains, some of which rise nearly 10k feet into the air … which hold cool-dry-air.Īnd if you’ve taken 4 th grade science, you’ll know what happens when warm-moist-air, meets cool-dry-air … violent storms, that arise without warning.ģ7 But soon a fierce storm came up. The climate is semi-tropical, with moist-warm-air. The other important thing about this lake for our story this evening, is to know that the surface of this lake is nearly 700 feet below sea level, making it the lowest freshwater lake on earth. It’s a small lake (8 mi x13 mi), about 1/10 th the size of Lake Okeechobee. It’s important to know a little about this lake, because much of Jesus’ ministry occurs in this area, in part because much of the development in those days was around the lake, and the ease of travel from port to port. It’s a freshwater lake nestled into the hills of Northern Palestine (I know you know that already). If you weren’t here (off doing something else you deemed more important), or you have a bad short term memory like me … Jesus had been out in a lake, sitting in a boat, and teaching in parables to the crowds that had gathered on the shore.Īnd so so that evening came, Jesus is ready to move on to teach to the people on the other side of the lake. Mark is trying to tell us WHO Jesus is … is He really this Messiah that was promised to the Jews.ģ5 As evening came, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let’s cross to the other side of the lake.” 36 So they took Jesus in the boat and started out, leaving the crowds behind (although other boats followed). If you’ve been reading along, you’ll notice that … Tonight we continue in our study of the Gospel of Mark. Or a God who is unmanageable, but knows each hair on your head and loves you. The storm that is unmanageable and doesn’t love you. Life is a choice between two unmanageable powers.