One day, Jesus and his disciples got into a boat, and he said, "Let's cross the lake." They started out, and while they were sailing across, he went to sleep.

Suddenly a windstorm struck the lake, and the boat started sinking.

They were in danger. So they went to Jesus and woke him up, "Master, Master! We are about to drown!"

Jesus got up and ordered the wind and waves to stop. They obeyed, and everything was calm. Then Jesus asked the disciples, "Don't you have any faith?"

But they were frightened and amazed. They said to each other, "Who is this? He can give orders to the wind and the waves, and they obey him!" 

(Matthew 8.23-27; Mark 4.35-41)

This miracle such as others, represents the sort of power which authenticated his message, namely, that he is the One whom he claimed to be – the Christ, the very Son of God. With Jesus in our boat we should have courage to face the storms in our lives by faith in Him. Christ is always in the boat. Jesus is praying that we will have strong faith in Him. Have you gotten into the boat with Jesus?