There is an epidemic of anxiety in the west. 50 million people in US have

been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. The number is rising. In today’s

talk we find the disciples in distress. Something they experience whenever

they are, or feel, separated from Jesus. This is something we will all

experience. Whenever we’re dislocated from Jesus, our anxiety will rise,

because we’re made for closeness to him. But Jesus meets his disciples in

all his power. He is the lord of glory - the great I am. He displays his

authority over all evil by trampling on the waves of the deep. And his

compassion and closeness is seen as he gets into the boat with his troubled

disciples. And as soon as he does so he alleviates all their fear.

By Ed Flint