Mark 4:35-41 (NLT)

35 As evening came, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let’s cross to the other side of the lake.”

Faith is based upon something. Jesus said that they were all going across the lake. The disciples should have based their faith upon what Jesus had said.

36 So they took Jesus in the boat and started out, leaving the crowds behind (although other boats followed).

37 But soon a fierce storm came up. High waves were breaking into the boat, and it began to fill with water.

You can be in the center of the will of God, and the journey can get tough.

38 Jesus was sleeping at the back of the boat with his head on a cushion.

Faith doesn't fret. Jesus was in the same ship as they were, but he was relaxed and asleep.

The disciples woke him up, shouting, “Teacher, don’t you care that we’re going to drown?”

Our minds must be on what God has said and not our situations. The disciples questioned Jesus's love.

39 When Jesus woke up, he rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Silence! Be still!”

Jesus spoke to things like the wind and the waves. Not just to people. Speak to what comes against you if you have heard from God first.

Suddenly the wind stopped, and there was a great calm.

40 Then he asked them, “Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?”

They had taken their focus off who they had in the boat, and had put their thoughts on their circumstances. Jesus expected them to have faith in Him during the storm. They failed to remember what Jesus had said.

41 The disciples were absolutely terrified. “Who is this man?” they asked each other. “Even the wind and waves obey him!”

Still His disciples didn't get it. They didn't place their faith in God.

Keith Moore, Faith Life Church

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