Give Me Jesus: Jesus as Water Walker: Mark 6:45-52
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I. How We Get Into Storms vs. 45-46b
I. How We Get Into Storms vs. 45-46b
A. Jesus sends the disciples away, when it made no sense to them. They wanted to take advantage of the ministry opportunities. The disciples would have made things worse, because the crowd wanted to crown Jesus king. Often God’s will doesn’t make sense in the moment, but looking back you can understand it better.
B. Jesus sent them away knowing the storm was coming. There are times we question if God cares, but He always knows what He’s doing, we seldom know what we’re dong, and where we’re going. God’s will at times will send you into the storms.
Five times I received from the Jews thirty-nine lashes.
Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, a night and a day I have spent in the deep.
I have been on frequent journeys, in dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my countrymen, dangers from the Gentiles, dangers in the city, dangers in the wilderness, dangers on the sea, dangers among false brethren;
I have been in labor and hardship, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.
Apart from such external things, there is the daily pressure on me of concern for all the churches.
II Jesus’ Response to Storms vs. 46b-48, 50b
II Jesus’ Response to Storms vs. 46b-48, 50b
A. Jesus prays for us.
The former priests, on the one hand, existed in greater numbers because they were prevented by death from continuing,
B. Jesus watches us.
I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go;
I will counsel you with My eye upon you.
“Are not two sparrows sold for a cent? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.
“But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
“So do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows.
C. Jesus comes to us.
Who alone stretches out the heavens
And tramples down the waves of the sea;
Who makes the Bear, Orion and the Pleiades,
And the chambers of the south;
Who does great things, unfathomable,
And wondrous works without number.
“Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him;
Were He to move past me, I would not perceive Him.
D. Jesus encourages us.
E. Jesus calms our fears.
casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.
III. Our Response to Storms vs. 49-50a, 51-52
III. Our Response to Storms vs. 49-50a, 51-52
A. We struggle in the storms, like the disciples did.
B. The disciples were very superstitious. Today we’re not superstitious, but we won’t close the door completely on superstitions, just in case.
But reject profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise yourself toward godliness.
C. We get scared.
D. Some will do like Peter. No one trust Jesus 100%, 100% of the time.
Peter said to Him, “Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.”
And He said, “Come!” And Peter got out of the boat, and walked on the water and came toward Jesus.
But seeing the wind, he became frightened, and beginning to sink, he cried out, “Lord, save me!”
Immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and took hold of him, and said to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”
E. The disciples had gained no insight from the feeding, because their hearts were hardened. They could blame the long walk, already being tired, or maybe even the storm, but the reason we harden our hearts is because we are too wrapped up in ourselves and the world around us, to listen and perceive what Jesus is saying to us, and doing all around us.
F. The storms stop when Jesus gets in our “boat”.
G. We worship rightly
When they got into the boat, the wind stopped.
And those who were in the boat worshiped Him, saying, “You are certainly God’s Son!”
H. When we do we get where we’re going.
So they were willing to receive Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.