Lucas 8

Jesus stills a storm

22 Now it happened on one of those days that He got into a boat with His disciples; and He said to them, "Let us go over to the other side of the lake." So they launched out. 23 But as they sailed He fell asleep. A windstorm descended on the lake, and they were being swamped and were in jeopardy. 24 So they came and awakened Him, saying, "Master, Master, we are perishing!" Then He got up and rebuked the wind and the waves of water—and they stopped, and there was a calm!*Agitated water does not calm down immediately, even if the cause stops, so there was a double miracle here—Jesus undid the consequences of the wind. 25 So He said to them, "Where is your faith?"*In other words, He is telling them that they could, and should, have done something about it themselves. Had we been there, would we have done any better? But being terrified they marveled, saying to each other: "Who can this be?*This puzzles me; after all the miracles they had seen, they still wonder who Jesus is! Well, maybe controlling nature is in a ‘higher league’ than controlling sickness and demons. Still, what were the options: human, angel (good or bad), or God. Because He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him!"