Mark Creech recently wrote an article for The Christian Post entitled, “Is God Asleep in your Boat?” And I loved it.

He was referring to the story that appears in three of the gospels, but I like the account in Luke 8. Jesus said to His disciples, “Let’s go over to the other side of the lake.” This was an intentional trip; it didn’t just catch everyone by surprise. Jesus had a plan. But a nasty squall came up, and the boat was being swamped. “They were in great danger.”

Jesus was fast asleep, but the disciples were desperate. “Master, do you not care that we perish?” So, He got up, rebuked the wind and the raging waters. And all was calm.

The disciples then asked the key question, “What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?”

Creech comments, “To the modern readers, the question may seem like simple amazement. But to a Jewish audience steeped in the Old Testament Scriptures, it carried profound theological weight. In the Hebrew Scriptures, the power to command the sea belongs to God alone.”

He goes on in his article to note the psalmist’s words of Psalm 114.  He remarked that the Red Sea parted and the River Jordan divided at the will of God. “The sea saw it and fled…tremble O earth at the presence of the Lord…”

“The message is unmistakable: when the Creator Himself is present among His people, creation responds. The sea flees. The rivers stop. The mountains tremble.”

But this week, you and I need to remember that the one who commands the wind and the waves is also with us. He walks through every storm of life right beside His people. Our circumstances may look overwhelming, and it may seem that our Savior is asleep in the back, but He is still very much in charge.

“When the Creator is in the boat, no storm has the final word. Is He in your boat today?”