God is Patient

Mark 4:40~He said to them, "Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?"

Jesus said this to his disciples after he calmed the storm. They were in a boat leaving an area where Jesus just got done doing some healing. Jesus went to the stern of the boat and fell asleep as he must have been tired from doing ministry. The disciples were on the deck and a storm came upon them. The boat was getting tossed back and forth with the waves. The waves were becoming so powerful that they were splashing up on the deck and the boat was taking on water. They went into the stern and said, "Teacher do you not care that we are perishing?"

Jesus had so much patience with his disciples. I mean, he was sleeping and he could have said, "I am God, do not bother me with something that I am in control with." He could have had a wave come up and just knock them off the boat right then and there, but he didn't. He arose and calmed the storm. They just did could not get it. They saw the people being healed, they saw that he was doing something amazing but they quite did not get it that he was God. Here these disciples, with at least 4 of them experienced fishermen, went through a storm. I wonder if they thought because they were with Jesus nothing bad would happen. Maybe here is where they questioned if he was truly was God because they were going to die in a little boat because of a storm. Instead of asking Jesus to rescue them, they questioned him with their problem, death.

Jesus who did not rebuke them, cried out and calmed the storm. Then he just said a few words and some how we see in verse 41 they were kind of getting. The wheels in their heads were spinning at great speed, but they were filled with fear.

Have you ever not gotten something and you became frustrated or fearful? The disciples could not quite understand who was before them. They had faith in what they saw Jesus do but when it came to their own lives, they lacked it. We can see how God is working in other peoples lives and see how he is in control but when we may be faced with a storm, watch out because we may start acting like the disciples. The great news is Jesus is patient with us, just like he was with his disciples. I am so thankful that God is patient with me because I need it. I dont deserve what has been given to me, and I still have little faith sometimes.

Jesus will calm the storms in your life just like he does for others, but do you have faith that he can and he will?