There’s a passage in Luke 8:22-25 in which Jesus suggests to His disciples that they all travel by boat to the other side of the Sea of Galilee. They all get in the boat and set out and Jesus promptly lies down and takes a nap. Next thing you know, a massive storm appears out of nowhere and threatens to capsize the boat. The disciples have good reason to believe that this might be the end. Of course, it’s not. They wake Jesus, He rebukes the wind and the waves and then rebukes the disciples for their lack of faith.
Didn’t Jesus know the storm was coming?? Then why did He tell His disciples to get in the boat? And having knowingly placed them in life-threatening danger, why did He then check out? Did He not care?
Does He not care about me? About you?
You bet He does. The disciples were never in any real danger. Their faith was not being tested, it was being increased. Jesus was teaching and growing His disciples in one of the most – and sometimes only – effective way: through a storm.
Jesus knew the storm was coming. In fact, He planned it that way. He loved His disciples way too much to take them by any other route or on any other day.
He loves us just as much.
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