Reflection on Mark 4

Mark 4: 1-34

Parable of the sower + Parable of the growing seed + Parable of the mustard seed.

Jesus is the BETTER Teacher and 'Explainer': Who patiently and deeply shows us the depth of our sin, the greatness of God's promised redemption and the priceless treasure of eternally resting in Him.

Mark 4: 35-41

Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?”

He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves,“Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.

He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?”
They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!” (vs. 38-41)

Jesus is the BETTER sailor, BETTER ship captain and BETTER creator:

Who does not just control the ship but controls the sea the ship is sailing on.

Who calms the storm and tells it to be still.

May we rest in Jesus and in his power to calm all the storms we encounter in our lives. May we see that he went into the roughest and toughest storm of all and conquered death so that we can now rest in the fact that even the storms of suffering, pain, sickness, disease and death will never drown us eternally.