That evening Jesus’ disciples went down to the shore
to wait for him.
But as darkness fell and Jesus still hadn’t come back,
they got into the boat and headed across the lake toward Capernaum.
Soon a gale swept down upon them,
and the sea grew very rough.
They had rowed three or four miles when suddenly
they saw Jesus walking on the water toward the boat.
They were terrified,
but he called out to them, “Don’t be afraid. I am here!
Then they were eager to let him in the boat,
and immediately they arrived at their destination!
So – let me paraphrase –
They went to the shore to wait for Jesus
They got fed up of waiting so…..
set off without Him
Hit a storm and were worried!!
Jesus didn’t calm the storm this time
instead He took them straight to their destination
How often do we get impatient waiting for Jesus to do something
Head off with our won plan
Hit our own storm & are very relieved when Jesus turns up
But …… how about ……
being more ready to wait His timing
and avoid some of the unnecessary storms
we bring upon ourselves
and then say - Why God?
Why did you let this happen !!
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