Psalm 107:25-27

Psalm 107:25-27

Why, even the wind and the waves obey Him!

Jonah 1 describes for us the devastating effects of a storm that threatened the lives of a handful of sailors and their passengers, “Then the Lord sent a great wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship threatened to break up. All the sailors were afraid and each cried out to his own god.” 

In Acts 27 we read of Paul’s encounter with a Mediterranean storm. “Before very long, a wind of hurricane force, called the Northeaster, swept down from the island. (Crete) The ship was caught by the storm and could not head into the wind; so we gave way to it and were driven along….. We took such a violent battering from the storm that the next day they began to throw the cargo overboard……When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the storm continued raging, we finally gave up all hope of being saved.” 

In Mark 4 Jesus also encounters a storm as He and the disciples cross the Lake of Galilee, “A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion.”

Whilst storms at sea were commonplace for those who travelled in ships, these three events all have a supernatural connection; Jonah was being stopped by the Lord from running away from Nineveh, Paul’s life and future in Rome was under threat for he would write many of his epistles there. And maybe the Satan was attempting to dispose of the sleeping Christ by drowning Him, although the thought that he believed he would get away with that is ridiculous! 

There are times when even the elements seem to be against us and out of control and life is threatened, it is then that we need to remember that our God is just as much in control of the oceans and seas and the winds and the weather as He is everything else! Hallelujah. 

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