Devotional After Jesus stepped into the boat and the wind stopped, Mark records that the disciples were completely astonished. And then he tells us why. They had not understood about the loaves. Their hearts were hardened. In the middle of their struggle, they had...
Devotional We tend to cry out to God when things are falling apart. When the boat is sinking, we pray. When the diagnosis comes, we pray. When the relationship collapses, we pray. And in those moments, we discover that He is Lord of the storm. But what about the...
Devotional Jesus was walking past them. That detail in Mark 6 is easy to overlook, but it is deeply significant. He would have kept going. But they cried out, and everything changed. His direction shifted. He came to them. He spoke peace over them. And the wind...
Devotional Not every hard season looks like a crisis. Sometimes it is just the wind. Day after day, you push forward, and day after day, something pushes back. The disciples on that boat were not sinking. They were simply straining. Mark says they were making headway...
Devotional Most of us know what it feels like to give everything we have and still be asked for more. The disciples had preached, healed, cast out demons, and helped feed thousands of people. By the time Jesus told them to get in the boat, they were already exhausted....
Devotional He could do no mighty work there. Not that He would not. Not that He did not want to. He could not, because the people had closed themselves off through familiarity and unbelief. That is one of the most sobering statements in all of Scripture. And it is a...
