The miracles of Jesus - Classical Christian Literature by Athleo.net

THE STILLING OF THE TEMPEST 53
and the yeasty froth fell even on the Master's form,
some one, remembering what the Centurion had done,
might have suggested, " Had not John better go astern
and gently wake Him, and say, Master, do not trouble
to rise, speak a word only, and the storm shall cease "
That would have been fine in its way, still only an
imitation. It would not have been perfect. The
opportunity they now had, left room for a
yet nobler
faith. The boat was filling. The tempest still was
rising. What then " He is asleep, and we are with
Him. Earlier in the day He
'
said, The Son of
Man hath not where to lay His head,' but He has
found a pillow. Full of faith, He sleeps in God. With
equal faith let us do what men can in such a gale, but
no panic, no cry. Be still and know that He who
healed the leper and saved the Roman's boy will not
forget His own servants ! Let the storm awake Him,
but we will be still. Let those keep watch whose
turn it is, the others sleep as He is sleeping." What a
"Well done good and faithful servants" this would draw
from the waking Christ .What a flash of wings would
have lit up this narrative. The angel darting upward
faster than light can travel, would have entered heaven
with the good tidings that the kingdom had come,
and the will of God was being done on sea that night
as it is done in heaven.
But no ! they missed the sign. The storm burst
into their souls and blew their faith away. They
rushed in panic to the stern, and with clamours that
rose above the howling of the wind, they cried,
" Master ! carest Thou not that we perish ! Save, Lord,
or we perish " The great chance passed for ever.
The Master rebuked His disciples, and it was with an