Saturday May 09th, 2026
« Jesus was sleeping at the back of the boat with his head on a cushion. The disciples woke him up, shouting, “Teacher, don’t you care that we’re going to drown?” »
35 That evening, Jesus said to His disciples, “Let’s cross to the other side.”
36 Leaving the crowd, they took Jesus along in a boat just as He was. Other boats were with Him.
37 A violent windstorm came up. The waves were breaking into the boat so that it was quickly filling up.
38 But He was sleeping on a cushion in the back of the boat. So they woke Him up and said to Him, “Teacher, don’t you care that we’re going to die?”
39 Then He got up, ordered the wind to stop, and said to the sea, “Be still, absolutely still!” The wind stopped blowing, and the sea became very calm.
40 He asked them, “Why are you such cowards? Don’t you have any faith yet?”
41 They were overcome with fear and asked each other, “Who is this man? Even the wind and the sea obey him!”
In our Bible reading, Jesus’ disciples woke Him up, and He stilled the storm.
Have you imagined what would have happened had He not been in the boat ?
Life is full of storms, and except God helps you, such storms can drown you.
No matter how smart you are, there is one storm you cannot escape: the storm of death.
Don’t be deceived, death will make anyone who isn’t in Christ fearful.
David could say, Psalm 23:4NKJV
« though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me »
because he was on the Lord’s side.
If the Lord is not with you in your boat and the storm comes, who will you call upon?
- Storms can come suddenly, without notice.
Once while on a plane to London, there was a particular man who had a golden walking stick. From time to time, he would get up and show off his golden walking stick as he walked to and from the bathroom. Suddenly, the captain announced, “Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a little problem as we currently cannot land the plane”. The man with the golden walking stick now really needed to go to the bathroom; but as he stood up to go, the hostess asked him to remain seated. Obviously terrified, he refused to remain in his seat and for a moment, I too was afraid. I then said to my Daddy, “But Lord, You didn’t tell me this is the end”. He responded saying, “No, it’s not the end. I want to talk to you, and I know that as soon as you land, you will be kept busy, but we need to talk”. As soon as I heard His voice, His peace came to me. After the Lord finished talking to me, the plane landed without any problem.
Had I not already been His child that day,
I would not have had any right to call upon Him in the storm
and I would have been terrified like just any other person.
If He is not in your boat, there would be nobody to call upon for deliverance in the midst of a storm.
It is only when you have Him in your boat that you would be able to say, Colossians 1:27,
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Application – Is Jesus in your life?
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
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