It was a cool and serene evening when Jesus decided to sail with His disciples from Galilee to Gadarenes.

Earlier that day, He had taught the multitude, kingdom principles, and had spoke in parables to them as well.

To others, He taught the parable of the sower and the seeds. 

When it was evening, Christ dismissed them. After dismissing them, He boarded a ship to journey from Galilee to Gadarene. 

Due to how fatigued Christ was, He needed rest. He went to the hinder part of the ship, and slept on a pillow.

As they sailed, a great storm of wind arose. The storm was so great that water flooded the ship. 

The ship was at the verge of sinking. Jesus’ disciples were in jeopardy.

“Is this how we are going to die?” such thought, perhaps, might have crossed their mind.

Christ was still in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow, while His disciples wailed in fear.

As the storm raged on, one of His disciples who was in a tizzy, trudged  to where He was, woke Him up, and cried out, “Master, carest thou not that we perish?”

Then, He arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, “peace be still.”

He didn’t say, “Storm, please, be still.”

No. He did not negotiate with the storm. He commanded the storm, “Peace, be still.”

Immediately, the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. His disciples were awestruck and said within themselves, “What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?”

In the story retold above, did you notice that the deadly storm could not wake Him up?

Notice that the raging storm could not wake Him up. The rocking boat could not wake Him up.

He did not wake up until His disciples came to wake Him up. And the moment he woke up, He restored peace to the sea. 

What is the lesson in this?

Your problems might not wake Him up.

Your debts and destructive infirmities sickness might not arouse Him to work. 

Your crumbling business and dying ministries might not stir up His power. 

Your crashing marriage and crumbling home might not prompt Him to arise. 

What you are going through now may not wake Him up…

Until you learn to wake Him up yourself.

[Taken from Luke 8:22-26, and Mark 4:33-41]