“Peace! Be Still!”
On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go
across to the other side.” And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with
them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. A great windstorm
arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already being
swamped. But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him up
and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” He woke up
and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” Then the wind
ceased, and there was a dead calm. He said to them, “Why are you afraid? Have
you still no faith?” And they were filled with great awe and said to one
another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and sea obey him?”
Mark 4:35-41
There comes a time each day when we must simply drop what weighs
on us and hand it over to God. With that comes true peace and stillness. Jesus
was in the habit of entrusting Himself to His heavenly Father. Having made that
commitment, He could sleep through the turbulent squall.
When worries begin to gnaw at our mind, surrender them to the
Lord and then don’t take them back again. That is the secret of soul serenity
when we are on life’s storm tossed sea.
Drop what weighs you down by giving it
to God.
Our Daily Bread –