There are times when the storms of life overwhelm us, and it seems as if God is asleep. Jesus Christ was certainly asleep when a raging storm threatened his disciples on Lake Galilee. The story is in Mark 4:35-41. Like those disciples, we may very well ask God, "Don't you care if we perish?" Sometimes when we pray to God in heaven, we may also be in terror and panicked. The situations we sometimes face put even the most patient and calm person to the test. How often do easygoing and coolheaded people become hysterical and fearful under adversity? We tend to mirror our circumstances and scoff at miracles, until we really need one. We plead for Jesus to intervene and when he does, he may ask, "Don't you have any faith?" And we may ask ourselves, "Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?"
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