WHO IS THIS MAN?

Mark 4:41

“The disciples were absolutely terrified.  “Who is this man?” they asked each other.  “Even the wind and waves obey Him!”

Who is this Man?  I think we’ve lost the sense of the wonderful when we think of God.  Wonderful:  full of wonder!  Too often we think of God as an appendage to our lives, some kind of heavenly ATM to which we can go when we need something, instead of the center of the universe, the One Being to whom all glory and honor belongs.

Who is this Man?  Who is He to me?  Who should He be to me?  The disciples were “terrified” when Jesus calmed the storm-probably more terrified than they were in the storm!  Yet, when we read this passage, we holler, “Yay!  GO JESUS!”  It’s because we don’t see Who Jesus really Is, just what He can do. 

If Jesus were to be physically in front of me, calming my storm, I daresay I might be terrified instead of exultant!  And I should be.  He’s God and I’m very definitely not!  Comparing me to Him is like comparing the power of a mite to that of a lion-and 10,000 x 10,000 more than that!

So, the question the disciples asked, the question of the ages, “Who is this man?” is the one we should be continually asking ourselves.  In every circumstance, large or small, let’s train ourselves to see God and ask, “Who is this Man?”

As I drive to work each morning, seeing hundreds of other people with hundreds of unique faces; as I see an opening tulip; as I experience the joyful difficulty of caring for my mother, or spending time with a small granddaughter; as I watch my dog persistently dig until she finally unearths that gopher; as I fall asleep at night holding my husband’s hand . . . I will ask myself “Who is this Man?”  

 And when I finally see Him with my eyes, I will receive a complete, holy answer directly from my God.

Father, may I never stop discovering Who You Are!  Amen.