THE STILLING OF THE STORM

The passage was found in the Gospel of Mark.

The character involved in the story of the miracle was Jesus, the disciples and the
fisherman.

The purpose of the miracle was that it makes the disciples question who on earth
Jesus was. Not surprisingly, the Bible says they are awestruck. Jesus - it appears –
can control the very elements. Now, of course, from a modern western scientific
perspective, the fascinating question is ‘what really happened?’ Perhaps the storm
was about to subside anyway, and the ‘miracle’ may have been little more than
good timing. According to these ancient text there was only one person who had
the power to control the stormy seas – God Himself.

My personal insight on the miracle is that we only just need to put our faith to
Jesus because everything was in control by God. The Psalm describes how God’s
people were in boats in a storm and cried to God for help, and how in response he
is said to have stilled the storm and calmed the waves.

Applications I may have drawn out of the miracle, so far the signs have revealed
that Jesus was seen by his contemporaries as a long-awaited saviour. But the
precise identity of this saviour has been less clear. Some miracles showed him to
be a great prophet like Elijah, heralding a new age of peace and prosperity. Others
showed him as a type of political leader like Moses, or a longed-for warrior like
Joshua. Perhaps Jesus was the long-awaited Messiah who would set the Jews free
from Roman occupation. However, another famous miracle gives us a glimpse of a
third possibility – that Jesus saw himself as more than a prophet, leader or warrior.