"But he was in the stern, asleep on a pillow." Mark 4:38
There are three men in the Bible that I can think of who were found sleeping on a boat in the midst of a storm where all around them were afraid. One of those is in this text. Jesus was sleeping through the storm. One was Jonah who also was found sleeping through a storm and the third was Paul on his way to Rome where he was sleeping below deck.
How do we find a place in Christ where we are able to sleep through a storm that is raging around us? Jesus said it is faith that allows us to be at peace when all those around us are in turmoil. Also, Jesus might be asleep on the boat but he is still on the boat. Storms are what make life interesting and surviving storms gives us something to rest on and boast in God over.
God never sleeps. But His son did. And if God is always vigilant about what is going on in our lives then why do we worry about things that we have no control over?
"Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." John 14:27
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