Jesus Calms the Sea

Jesus Calms the Sea

The disciples were just exhausted. All day crowds and crowds of people had been following Jesus, listening as He taught and watching as He healed the sick. Now the sun was beginning to set over the Sea of Galilee. Seeing how tired His disciples were, Jesus said, "Let's get in a boat and go over to the other side of the lake." It would be good for all of them to get away from the crowds for a while.

The disciples rowed away from the shore while Jesus went to the front of the boat and lay down. Jesus went into a peaceful sleep. But suddenly a wind began to blow dark clouds across the sky. The waves weren't so gentle anymore. The little boat began to pitch and rock. The disciples began to get a little worried. But Jesus still lay sleeping in the front of the boat. Then the wind grew stronger still. The spray from the waves got the disciples all wet. This was getting to be a bad storm! But Jesus still lay sleeping in the front of the boat. By the time the fishing boat reached the center of the lake, the wind had turned into an angry storm that whipped the waves so high that they washed right over the boat. The disciples were terrified. They thought they might drown. But Jesus still lay sleeping in the front of the boat. Finally, someone went and shook Jesus. "Master," he cried, "don't you care if we drown?" Jesus looked around. He saw the fear in the faces of his disciples. Then Jesus stood, stretched out his arms to the wind and the waves, and commanded: "Peace! Be still!" And all at once the wind died down and the waves became completely calm. Then he asked the disciples: "Why are you so afraid? Where is your faith?" His disciples wondered that even wind and storm were subject to His word.

Lessons to Learn:

1)      Jesus has dominion over everything in the world.

2)     If He can calm the Strom in the lake He can calm the problems that make you peace less.

3)     We should have faith in Jesus no matter if we feel that we are going to drown in the problem just as the disciples thought they would drown in the lake. He is still there and He will safe guard us from any kind of storm in our life.

Mark 4:39

Hindi) तब उस ने उठकर आन्‍धी को डांटा, और पानी से कहा? ?शान्‍त रह, यम जा : और आन्‍धी यम गई और बड़ा चैन हो गया।

(KJV)  And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

(Tamil OV)  அவர் எழுந்து, காற்றை அதட்டி, கடலைப்பார்த்து: இரையாதே, அமைதலாயிரு என்றார். அப்பொழுது காற்று நின்றுபோய், மிகுந்த அமைதல் உண்டாயிற்று.

(Telugu)  అందుకాయన లేచి గాలిని గద్దించి - నిశ్శబ్దమై ఊరకొమ్మని సముద్రముతో చెప్పగా గాలి అణిగి మిక్కిలి నిమ్మళమాయెను.

(Mal) അവന്‍ എഴുന്നേറ്റു കാറ്റിനെ ശാസിച്ചു, കടലിനോടുഅനങ്ങാതിരിക്ക, അടങ്ങുക എന്നു പറഞ്ഞു; കാറ്റു അമര്‍ന്നു, വലിയ ശാന്തത ഉണ്ടായി.

(Kan) ಆಗ ಆತನು ಎದ್ದು ಗಾಳಿಯನ್ನು ಗದರಿಸಿ ಸಮುದ್ರಕ್ಕೆ--ಶಾಂತವಾಗಿ ಮೌನವಾಗಿರು ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಿದನು. ಆಗ ಗಾಳಿಯು ನಿಂತು ಅಲ್ಲಿ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಶಾಂತತೆ ಉಂಟಾಯಿತು.

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