Something we should ask ourselves this morning as we close out the year, is in what ways has this world tried to offer us peace & comfort admits all the chaos we’ve faced? Slogans such as “We are all in this together,” others such as “Do your part, mask up!” But all of these are shallow attempts at trying to give us peace. that we have seen and learned from this year as things are being stripped back and the daily noise of everyday has been bogged down, is that the world has nothing to offer us for our comfort and our peace, it’s not enough to make us whole; to make us well, to heal us. I just heard on the radio the other day that of adults that live in king county, more than 50% say that they are struggling with depression this year. I think that is a number that is largely reflective of the rest of this state and maybe even the country as well. What we don’t need is 7 steps to peace or some other process were by comfort is the end goal. No, what we need is God Himself to intervene in our lives, to change and transform us. This is the job of any preacher, to present us who God is, and how we should live differently in light of Him. So here’s where we are going in Mark’s gospel today, is a couple scenes where chaos erupts and Jesus is revealing who He is in the midst of chaos for the purpose of bringing about peace. So if we would seek God first above all else, then He will give us peace, come what may.