Shortly before dawn he went out to them, walking on the lake.

He was about to pass by them, but when they saw him walking on the lake, they thought he was a ghost.

They cried out, because they all saw him and were terrified...

Mark 6:48-50 NIV

Richard sent this thought earlier in the week about the storm the disciples were in, & Jesus intending to walk on by:

"Maybe Jesus was never going to intervene without the disciples first asking him. Maybe we can assume at times that Jesus will just make it all better but he's waiting for the invitation into our difficult situation."

Learn something in the storm?

Cry out to him for help?

How do you know which is right?

Maybe it's both. 

Both live in and through the storm even when you think you're at the end of your resources and capability, AND cry out to Jesus, not in fear as the disciples did, but in faith. 

Both are actions of faith 

The disciples didn't expect Jesus to be close by. They thought he was far away, but in the darkest part of the night he was close.

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