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Mark: Jesus #Unfiltered - Day 25
It’s hard to believe that we are still only four chapters into Mark’s gospel. It has gone by incredibly quickly. We’ve seen Jesus teaching, healing, driving out of demons, commissioning of the disciples and there are still eleven and a bit chapters left! So, who exactly is this Jesus? This is the question on the lips of the disciples by the end of today’s passage after Jesus does what is absolutely remarkable. After teaching on the lake in the boat, Jesus suggests that they all go over to the other side. So his boat and a mini-fleet of sorts begins their journey. It’s all well and good until a storm begins to brew, water begins filling the boats, and dread begins filling the disciples. Meanwhile, Jesus is sleeping. Mark even includes the detail that he was sleeping on a cushion!
The disciples wake him up and sort of rebuke Jesus for not helping them out. Jesus simply gets up, speaks to the winds and the waves and they stop. It became completely clear and they are safe. Jesus simply speaks and creation is calm. Just as God’s words spoke creation into being, Jesus’ words controlled creation! Then, he asks his disciples why they were so afraid. Did they still lack faith? That is also the question for us. This isn’t to say that if we try and trust in God a lot, all the fears and troubles of this world will disappear but if we trust in God, we are trusting in the one who does have authority, who does care for us. Therefore, we can have complete assurance that whatever we go through, whatever we face, God is still there. We can have faith in him, we can give him our whole lives in the knowledge that he is a loving, caring God and we see this so clearly in Jesus. The disciples were still afraid. They’re still not sure about who this Jesus person is. But by the end of the Gospel, we will be. MC
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Loving Lord, thank you that you care for us, that you are in control, and that we can trust in you in all circumstances. Give us clarity on who Jesus is, the one who has all authority and still went to the cross to die for us. Amen.
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By St Bart's ToowoombaIt’s hard to believe that we are still only four chapters into Mark’s gospel. It has gone by incredibly quickly. We’ve seen Jesus teaching, healing, driving out of demons, commissioning of the disciples and there are still eleven and a bit chapters left! So, who exactly is this Jesus? This is the question on the lips of the disciples by the end of today’s passage after Jesus does what is absolutely remarkable. After teaching on the lake in the boat, Jesus suggests that they all go over to the other side. So his boat and a mini-fleet of sorts begins their journey. It’s all well and good until a storm begins to brew, water begins filling the boats, and dread begins filling the disciples. Meanwhile, Jesus is sleeping. Mark even includes the detail that he was sleeping on a cushion!
The disciples wake him up and sort of rebuke Jesus for not helping them out. Jesus simply gets up, speaks to the winds and the waves and they stop. It became completely clear and they are safe. Jesus simply speaks and creation is calm. Just as God’s words spoke creation into being, Jesus’ words controlled creation! Then, he asks his disciples why they were so afraid. Did they still lack faith? That is also the question for us. This isn’t to say that if we try and trust in God a lot, all the fears and troubles of this world will disappear but if we trust in God, we are trusting in the one who does have authority, who does care for us. Therefore, we can have complete assurance that whatever we go through, whatever we face, God is still there. We can have faith in him, we can give him our whole lives in the knowledge that he is a loving, caring God and we see this so clearly in Jesus. The disciples were still afraid. They’re still not sure about who this Jesus person is. But by the end of the Gospel, we will be. MC
Questions
Prayer
Loving Lord, thank you that you care for us, that you are in control, and that we can trust in you in all circumstances. Give us clarity on who Jesus is, the one who has all authority and still went to the cross to die for us. Amen.