Listen when God Speaks

"And He said unto them, 'Why are ye so fearful (full of fear)? How is it that ye have no faith?'" (Mark 4:40)

This was the third time Jesus spoke that night.   

First, before the storm, He spoke to the disciples saying, "Let us pass over to the other side." (Mark 4:35) He had spoken to them before that evening saying "Follow me."  He had spoken to them through His miracles.  They had seen Him cast out demons, heal Peter's mother-in-law, heal the diseased, cleanse a leprous man, heal a palsied man, heal a withered hand, all recorded in Mark's Gospel before the storm in chapter four. He had spoken to them through His preaching.   Mark 2:2 says, "He preached the Word unto them." Perhaps once He had used Nahum 1:3 as His text, "The Lord has His way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of His feet." Perhaps the parting of the waters of the Red Sea on that fearful night when Israel came out of Egypt had been the subject of a sermon.

The second time He spoke that night He spoke to the storm.  "Peace, be still." (Mark 4:39) The storm obeyed His voice.

The third time He spoke that night He spoke to His disciples after the storm.  When God speaks to your storm and the storm obeys His command and ceases, pause and let Him speak to you. He still has something to say to us even when the storm has passed.  We should listen when He speaks.