Jesus’ disciples lost all faith in survival and thought they were going to drown in a sudden storm on the Sea of Gallilee.

Waves were getting in the boat.

Seasoned fishermen can die just like anyone else, and they were scared to death.

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Oh, but Jesus was with them, so they should not have been afraid.

Yes, just like us—we know Jesus is with us, but we still lose it when the waves come overboard.

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But Jesus was asleep, and waking Him meant admitting they were at their wits end, embarrassing.

And, just like us—sometimes it feels like Jesus may as well be sleeping in our storm-tossed boat, and in our attempted self-sufficiency we delay calling out to Him.

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Did Jesus save the disciples?

Yes, that day he saved their lives.

He had a mission for them.

That mission included opposition that threatened their very lives—not by a storm on water, but at the hands of men who hated their message that Jesus is the way, the only way.

And Jesus did not save them then.

They gave their lives, and Jesus gave them perfect LIFE in heaven—the ultimate “Peace be still, and the waves and wind died down, and suddenly there was a great calm.”

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When we “Call on Him in the day of our trouble”—whether right away or delayed—“He will deliver us, and we will glorify Him.”

Sometimes (but not always) we get to glorify Him for deliverance here.

Always, forever, we get to glorify Him in heaven, in the presence of Jesus (and those same disciples that were so scared, more than once).

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Oh, the title above—

What really terrified the disciples more than the storm was the realization when Jesus instantly made the wind and waves obey.

WHO IS THIS REALLY, IN OUR BOAT, that we are following?

We left everything.

Where is He taking us?

Little did they know, yet, but it was starting to sink in.

May it be so for you and me today.

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You fearful saints, fresh courage take;

The storms you so much dread

Are filled with mercy and shall break

In blessings on your head.