Reverend Marco Ste-Marie

TRUST GOD IN THE STORM

The disciples were battered by the waves long before Jesus showed up. The wind was against them. It was the fourth watch of the night—between 3:00 and 6:00 a.m. Exhaustion was real. Fear was raw.

And that’s where Jesus showed up—on the water, in the storm.

DON’T MISS THIS: THE STORM DIDN’T STOP WHEN JESUS CAME. IT ONLY STOPPED AFTER HE GOT IN THE BOAT. Which means He was with them in the storm before He calmed it.

That’s where so many of us struggle. We think silence means absence. We think if God cared, He would end the storm right now. But often, He teaches us to hold fast in the middle before He brings peace at the end.

Why? Because storms shape us. Just as fire purifies gold, storms refine faith. They strip away false securities.

They push us from self-dependence to God-dependence. They remind us that strength doesn’t come from holding the oars harder, but from trusting the One who commands the sea.

Yes, storms hurt. Yes, they shake you. But storms are not wasted. They carve deeper trust. They plant deeper roots. They make us ready for what is ahead.

So hold fast. Don’t quit. Don’t mistake His delay for His absence. God is often closest when you feel it least.

Note: the story does not say “God sent a storm to test the disciples”, God is not at the origin of our troubles, but the solutions when storms do come.

The storm is not proof of God’s absence. It is the place of His presence.