As evening came,
Jesus said to his disciples, "Let's cross to the other side of the lake."
So they took Jesus in the boat and started out, leaving the crowds behind (although other boats followed).
But soon a fierce storm came up. High waves were breaking into the boat, and it began to fill with water.
Mark 4:35-37 NLT
Not only was the timing inconvenient.
Not only was it going into the dark
But Jesus led them into the storm.
The Greek word here for how big the storm is "megas".
It was a mega-storm.
It's threatening to destroy the boat (their business asset) and threatening their lives.
A mega-storm.
They were in the dark, heading "to the other side" wherever that was, and now at risk of losing their lives.
And Jesus had led them there.
In all the drama and the noise and the immediate urgent challenges of staying afloat, in the dark, in the unknown, it would have been easy to forget Jesus call and instruction.

And so do I.
Trusting God in the sunshine, the known, the comfortable, that can be easy.
But here?
In the mega-storm?
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