When the Waves of Life Are About to Take Us Under

 N.T.#675 "When the Waves of Life Are About to Take Us Under"

Nov. 17, 2025

Summary of Luke-Part 7

My favorite Bible story happened whenever the storm rocked the disciple's boat and Jesus was asleep. they woke up Jesus because they were afraid of sinking. The Sea of Galilee is a notoriously unpredictable for storms suddenly coming up and making the waters rough for boats. Waves could get as high as 20 feet. Several of the disciples had been expert fishermen and knew how to handle a boat in such a situation. This time must have really frightened them.

What was the conversation between the desperate ones and the Sovereign One? (8:22-25)

• Master, Master, we perish. Then Jesus arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was calm. (verse 24)
• Where is your faith? Jesus asked His men., but they did not answer, confess it was lacking, or anything.
• What manner of man is this! For He comandeth even the winds and the water, and they obey Him. (verse 25)

No need to be scarred, guys, for the Creator of the wind and waves was with you, right there in the boat. He wasn't going to drown. Although, they didn't know Jesus' divine authority as yet. 

Are you caught in a storm of life today? It is easy to think God has lost control and that we are at the mercy of the winds of fate. In reality, God is sovereign. He controls the history of the world as well as our personal destinies. Just as Jesus calmed the waves, He can calm whatever storms we may face. (Life Application Study Bibe)

Sometimes it seems like the winds of doubt and troubles keep blowing, waves of troubles are about to take us under. The good news is the Savior is there right with us in the boat of life. Call out to Him for help. Rebuke them in Jesus' name so the waves cease.

*Friends, please pray for Colby, a teenage boy from our church who was hit by a car while riding his motorcycle. He is in serious condition, with 2 broken bones in his arm, a concussion, an eye socket bone broken. Doctors are keeping him out so the brain doesn't swell. This is the same family who lost a daughter as a semi hit her mother's car, a few years ago.