Just Like That The Wind and Waves Stopped

Now on one of those days Jesus and His disciples got into a boat, and He said to them, “Let us go over to the other side of the lake.”  So they launched out.

But as they were sailing along He fell asleep; and a fierce gale of wind descended on the lake, and they began to be swamped and to be in danger.

They came to Jesus and woke Him up, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!”  And, He got up and rebuked the wind and the surging waves, and they stopped and it became calm.

And He said to them, “Where is your faith?”  They were fearful and amazed, saying to one another, “Who then is this, that He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him?”

Luke 8:22-25

 

The Disciples woke Jesus up to warn Him that the boat was going to sink and they were going to die.  What Jesus heard was a cry for help and He helped by rebuking the wind and waves and just like that the wind and waves stopped.

 

Even though the Disciples had witnessed Jesus perform many miracles, they were surprised that the wind and waves obeyed Him.    

 

This is the way it is for us.  We sometimes short change the power of God by thinking that God might not be interested in our prayer requests because they are too big or too small.  When the truth is that God is intimately acquainted with us and knows what we will ask Him before we even ask.  Just like the disciples on the boat when they woke Jesus up were not sure what He might do, we underestimate the power of God to answer our prayers.

 

And, what's more sometimes God's answer is more spectacular than anything we can imagine.  

 

Dare to pray big - take everything to God and see what happens.