“Why are you so fearful?”

What frightens you? Are your fears reasonable? Fearing violent weather’s affect upon one’s ship at sea seems reasonable enough. But Jesus questions the fear…

Mark 4:35-41, Luke 8:22-25, Matthew 8:23-27

• The journey started simply enough. They’d oft been in a boat on that body of water before. Why should this day be any different?
• Would they have set sail if there had been any indication of the tempest that was to follow?
• Jesus was asleep in the back of the boat, on a pillow.
• The wind blew; and waves filled the boat with water.
• Realizing the danger as life-threatening, the disciples awakened Jesus, wondering what to do.
• Calmly Jesus rebuked the wind and settled the rushing sea.
• Then He turned to the disciples and asked why they had been frightened. He questioned their faith.
• Fear of wind and water, fear of dying, was soon replaced by fear of God who can command both wind and water to obey.

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