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Introduction
Prayer with the Father
Powerless in darkness
The words By now it was dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them, though doubtless prosaically true, may also be symbol-laden: as in 3:2; 13:30, the darkness of night and the absence of Jesus are powerfully linked.
The Sea of Galilee lies about six hundred feet below sea level.
Cool air from the south-eastern tablelands can rush in to displace the warm moist air over the lake, churning up the water in a violent squall.
When our dependance rests on our ability to solve, everything brings fear, anger and reaction.
We see here that the presence of the Savior even made these guys jump.
They were in the middle of this and almost nothing could give them rest.
Peace in the Presence of the Savior
Peter could not wait to involved when he knew it was Jesus.
Even still, these disciples had hard hearts to what Jesus was really doing and teaching.
Peter was caught in the sign and the miracle but lost the truth.
So often we are like this.
We are caught up in the solution and not the Savior.
The core reality here is we are caught up on our situation and therefore the Savior has little to do with the solution, so when it is finally solved we are interested in the way it was solved not the solver of the problem.
By the words and immediately the boat reached the shore another miracle is probably intended.
The two signs on the land and the lake reveal Jesus as the Provider of a “bread” which gives life (as the next section will expound) and as the Savior who intercedes for and protects His own.
He intervenes in their times of troubles and brings them to safety.
Those amongst John’s readers who knew their Scriptures might well remember that the sea often stands for chaos and disorder, and it is God who controls it and stills it (cf.
Jb. 38:8–11; Pss.
29:3–4, 10–11; 65:5–7; 89:9; and 107:23–32, just cited).
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