swallow entire ships and gulp down people.” It was a common superstition for people to view the water as the abyss, where demons lurked in the deep. This sea was considered the manifestation of the realm of death. Besides that, the lake was thought to be where mysterious sea creatures, known as leviathan, lived. Given these superstitions, it’s no wonder that many lived with some aquaphobia. Look at 37 - a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking “And The word is the word into the boat, so that the boat was already filling.” “great” which refers to something being huge. The word for is used “megas” “windstorm” of a tempest or a hurricane. Matthew uses or seismic to describe it. “seismos” The imperfect tense is utilized to let us know that the sea spilling over into “kept Matthew says the boat was being by waves. Luke 8:23 the boat.” “swamped” says, were in great danger.” “they Don’t miss the point that Jesus sent them into the boat, knowing that a storm was coming. In order to get to the other side they had to go through a storm. Don’t think that just because you’re going through some choppy seas that you’re somehow being punished or that you’re being disobedient. No doubt God does send some storms to get our attention like he did with Jonah in Jonah 1:4: the “But Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the Other times storms come because sea, so that the ship threatened to break up.” of our obedience. My guess is that you’re in one of three places today. You are in a storm right now. You are coming out of a storm. You’re about to head into one. And when storms come, they are often: Sudden. They come in a split second, seemingly out of nowhere. All it takes is one phone call, a doctor visit, an accident, a job loss or a relational rupture. Severe. The disciples think they are going to drown and some of you feel like you’re going under right now. This had to be some storm. We know at
swallow entire ships and gulp down people.” It was a common superstition for people to view the water as the abyss, where demons lurked in the deep. This sea was considered the manifestation of the realm of death. Besides that, the lake was thought to be where mysterious sea creatures, known as leviathan, lived. Given these superstitions, it’s no wonder that many lived with some aquaphobia. Look at 37 - “And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling.” The word “great” is the word “megas” which refers to something being huge. The word for “windstorm” is used of a tempest or a hurricane. Matthew uses “seismos” or seismic to describe it. The imperfect tense is utilized to let us know that the sea “kept spilling over into the boat.” Matthew says the boat was being “swamped” by waves. Luke 8:23 says, “they were in great danger.” Don’t miss the point that Jesus sent them into the boat, knowing that a storm was coming. In order to get to the other side they had to go through a storm. Don’t think that just because you’re going through some choppy seas that you’re somehow being punished or that you’re being disobedient. No doubt God does send some storms to get our attention like he did with Jonah in Jonah 1:4: “But the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship threatened to break up.” Other times storms come because of our obedience. My guess is that you’re in one of three places today. You are in a storm right now. You are coming out of a storm. You’re about to head into one. And when storms come, they are often: Sudden. They come in a split second, seemingly out of nowhere. All it takes is one phone call, a doctor visit, an accident, a job loss or a relational rupture. Severe. The disciples think they are going to drown and some of you feel like you’re going under right now. This had to be some storm. We know at
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