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

58 THE STILLING OF THE TEMPEST
Lord is full of pity and merciful. He will not always
chide. To men who missed their chance He gave
another. He heaped wonder upon wonder, until
they learned the lesson of absolute trust. The great
chapter which should have come in at this place
came later. All we miss in the Gospels (and on
the disciples' side we miss a great deal), we find in
the Acts and the Epistles. After Pentecost Jesus
again went into a boat, and His disciples, great and
small, followed Him. Tempests rose, the boat was
often covered with waves, and He slept. But there
was no panic. The sea rose higher. The boat filled.
Still He slept ; and
still they trusted. Great seas of
persecution broke over them, sweeping many away,
but no cry of panic, no shriek of despair, greeted
the world's ear. Rather a peace that passed all
men's understanding possessed them in life and in
death. A faith yet nobler than the Centurion's
spoke ; in their silence earth as well as heaven
marvelled and said, " Great is your faith."
Well, let us lay in great stores of faith that we
ma) r not shame Him when the time comes to
go to sea with Jesus Christ. The secret of faith is
a closer walk with God. To those who know His
love, the idea of perishing is absurd and wicked.
It is an insult to His gentleness, an injury to His
goodness.
Let us walk by faith. Goodness and mercy shall
follow us all the days of our life. God is. The
winds and the waves obey Him. How much more
His
children