Peace Be Still
“Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace, be still!” And the wind ceased and there was a great calm.”
Mark 4:39
Imagine you are watching the ocean waves crashing into the shore. The waves suddenly get larger, and you can hear the wind howling.
Then, the waves become smaller and smaller. The wind becomes silent and starts to blow gently…
I was really angry about something… My voice became louder as I complained to my co workers standing nearby. One of them said calmly, “Peace, be still.”
I knew exactly why he said that. There was a storm brewing in my life, based on something so important…. that I can’t remember it now…
“Peace be still.” He uttered these words as a prayer that Jesus would calm the storm in my life, just as He calmed the storm long ago.
Jesus had said to His disciples, “Let us cross to the other side.” Mark 4:35
So, their destination was never in doubt, or it shouldn’t have been.
The disciples became frightened in the midst of the storm. They awoke a sleeping Jesus and said “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” Mark 4:38
Sometimes we forget that God is leading us to the other shore. We forget that He will never leave us or forsake us. (Deuteronomy 31:6)
We tend to put our minds on the storms brewing, and before long we feel a storm brewing inside of us, and our soul becomes like the turbulent waves of the ocean. Waves of fear, anxiety and anger…
But the Master says “Peace be still.”
May the peace of God which passes all understanding fill your soul today. You WILL get to the other shore…
