Psalm 107:28-29

Psalm 107:28-29

He stilled the storm a whisper

The previous verse ends with the image of sailors reeling and staggering like drunkards in the stormy seas, they are at their wits end! Quite simply all those seafaring years of experience counted for nothing, the hurricane forces presented conditions that were worse than anything they had faced before, these sailors could think of nothing more they could do to help themselves. 

Many a sinner has encountered such calamities, the world is out of their control, the manifestations of evil are threatening to take their lives, there is no hope and no respite, they are in a place of total helplessness and devastation. Then they cry out to the Lord! How many of us have been brought to our knees at a time of great tragedy or calamity and we have cried out to heaven as a last resort. “There is nothing more we can do, God help us!” It is this cry that stirs heaven into action, for God hears us in our distress and He will answer the cry of faith.

In the Psalm, we read that the storm was stilled to a whisper and the waves of the sea were hushed. When Yeshua stood up before His disciples in the boat on Galilee and commanded the wind and the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” He was reliving this Psalm for them. He was showing them that He was God, for they all knew the Psalms, young men memorized these words. Yeshua looked at His friends quizzically, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?” They were no longer terrified by the wind and waves, but He terrified them, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey Him!”

When the hurricane forces surround us, let us never forget that Yeshua is in the boat. He is in control of the elements and also watches over the tumultuous events in our lives. He will not let us be destroyed. Hallelujah!

 

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