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This is going to be a place where I process my Bible reading. |
| Welcome to my Bible reading journey. I find that I process information better when I write/respond to it. This blog is simply a place where I can write down my thoughts about God's word. If you are reading I hope you get something out of it. Feel free to comment your take on the verses. Enjoy! |
| Today's verses come from John 6: 16-24 In these verses the disciples are leaving by ship to Capernaum. A storm started brewing and the winds rose. Jesus was not with them. After they had traveled 24-30 furlongs (2.5-3.75 miles), they see Jesus walking on the sea. At first they are afraid but He calls out to them. They allow Him on board, and immediately the storm stops. The next day people noticed that there wasn't another boat, only the one the disciples used, but Jesus didn't enter the boat with them. They nevertheless followed (by boat) Jesus and His disciples to Capernaum. Now you have to realize this event happened right after Jesus has fed the multitude with 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish with plenty of leftovers. So everyone is pumped from this event. Can you imagine being the disciples? They go out to sea rowing (not on a big fancy boat or even a small electric one). It is night time, they are minding their own business and all of a sudden a storm comes. The waves I'm sure are rough. It is pretty dark. I'm sure they had been on boats before, but I would imagine there was still some fear. Then here comes a figure walking on the sea. I would be SCARED out of my mind. Then you hear a voice. Over the rushing waves, over the rough whistling wind, over the commotion on the boat. You hear a voice and not just any voice. Its Jesus. You let Him on the boat and all of a sudden the storm stops. How AMAZING. Lets talk about the fact that once Jesus was on board not only did the storm stop, but they make it to their destination. I asked if you could imagine being the disciples throughout this. The answer is yes we can. Jesus shows up and calms our storms all the time. I know I can remember several times: death of mom. a bus ride up a mountain on a mission trip to Nicaragua, etc. Times when my world was turning upside down. When I was scared, sad, and didn't know what was going to happen or how I was going to make it through. Each and every time I heard a voice. Now understand it was not a physical voice, but a spiritual voice. And I knew I was going to be alright. All we have to do is to listen for the voice of Jesus and let him on our boat. |
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