“Later that night, the boat was in the middle of the lake, and he [Jesus] was alone on land. He saw the disciples straining at the oars, because the wind was against them” (Mark 6:47-48a).
Jesus had just sent His disciples to the other side of the lake while He went to the hillside to pray. As they sailed to the other side of the Sea of Galilee they encountered a storm with high winds. The disciples were struggling against the high winds so Jesus began walking toward them on the Sea.
How often that is a picture of our lives. We are doing what Jesus asked us to do and a dangerous storm interferes with our purpose. We are struggling to stay alive. It would be fair to say that the disciples weren’t thinking high spiritual thoughts. Their thoughts would’ve been something like, “Am I going to live through this?”
The good news is that when we face a crisis and it claims all our energy God is watching over us. When we may not be thinking of Him He is looking out for us. The disciples’ world had been reduced to the size of that boat.
There is not a demon in hell or a raging storm that can keep Jesus from us when we need Him! For those who wonder where God is in a crisis the answer is “He’s watching over us and on His way to rescue us and save us.” He doesn’t come to harm us or condemn us. He comes in mercy and compassion because He knows that we’re confronted with a challenge we can’t handle without Him. That is our hope in every crisis.
