Mark 6: 45 Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd.
Mark 6: 53-56 When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret and anchored there. 54 As soon as they got out of the boat, people recognized Jesus. 55 They ran throughout that whole region and carried the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was. 56 And wherever he went—into villages, towns or countryside—they placed the sick in the marketplaces. They begged him to let them touch even the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.
Sometimes, in life, we find ourselves diverted from the course and destination we have set for ourselves. Storms arise, and we are blown off course, and where we end up is a far cry from where we were headed. The text today teaches us not to fear the altered course but to embrace it and to do the work we are called to as people of God, no matter where we are or how different our lives appear.
Jesus had just miraculously fed over 5,000 people. He and the disciples planned to go to Bethsaida, but a storm arose while the disciples were alone in the boat, battering them as they rowed. They were terrified, and when they saw Jesus walking on water, they thought He was a ghost, which scared them further. He advised them not to be afraid and to be courageous, for He was with them, and He calmed the wind.
When the storm ended, they were at Gennesaret, not where they intended to go. But the people there recognized Jesus and began to bring all the sick to Him to be made well, and Jesus did the work that God the Father had given Him. No matter where life took Jesus, He worked with what He had, even five loaves of bread and two fish to feed a horde.
Sometimes financial, marital, health or other issues produce storms in our lives with gusting winds that terrify us and make us question if God is still with us. Jesus may not have been in the boat with them, but He was not going to allow the storms to defeat them. Verse 52 says that the disciples were astonished that Jesus could calm the wind because they had not understood the lessons from the miracle of the loaves: There is nothing too hard for God.
So, today, if the storms of life have altered the course of your life and it doesn’t look like you thought it would at this time in your life, hold on to the promise that God will not leave us in the storms of our lives. Continue to do the will and call of God on your life wherever the storms take you, and remember that the One who multiplied the loaves and the fishes is capable of doing miracles in your life, wherever you are, and He is willing.
Amen.
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