Listen up, little ones
Listen for the words wind and waves.
Reading
Luke 8:22-25—Who is This?
Optional Reading
Psalm 107:23–32
Keys for kids
- Jesus and His disciples got into a boat to cross the lake.
- A huge storm scared the disciples so bad they thought they would die.
- Jesus woke up and calmed the wind and waves with His words.
Questions
- How did the disciples react to the fierce storm?
- How did Jesus react?
- What should we do when we face storms in our lives?
Catechism
WSC #90
How is the Word to be read and heard, that it may become effectual to salvation?
That the Word may become effectual to salvation, we must attend thereunto with diligence, preparation, and prayer; receive it with faith and love, lay it up in our hearts, and practice it in our lives.
Children's Catechism 116-117
What is the fourth petition?
“Give us this day our daily bread.”
What do we pray for in the fourth petition?
That God would give us all things needful for our bodies and souls.
Notes
(See Saturday for authors.)
Again we see Jesus words working. Jesus went with his disciples in a boat to go to the other side of the lake (Lake Gennesaret, also known as the Sea of Galilee). Remember that of Jesus's disciples, at least Peter, James, and John were experienced fishermen. They knew this sea. Jesus went to sleep in the boat. But as they headed across the sea a great windstorm struck. God spoke and raised a stormy wind that stirred up the waves of the sea (Psalm 107:25). It terrified the disciples and all their skill was useless (Psalm 107:27).
In a panic, at least they remembered Who was with them. They woke Jesus up crying out, we’re going to die! Many years ago I remember hearing a preacher talk about this event imagining what it might have been like. He said something like, "Jesus woke up, yawned and stretched, and said, sea, be quiet." Then, this pastor imagined Jesus said to His disciples, I didn’t say, let’s get in the boat and drown in the middle of the lake, I said, let’s go to the other side.
Jesus brings the storms and Jesus calms the storms on the seas of our lives. Hughes reminds us that storms are part of the process of spiritual growth. ... Storms are God’s way of bringing us into deeper grace.
When you experience the wind and the waves, remember Who commands even the wind and the waves, and they obey Him.
Swedish Method questions
Praise
Psalm 107d, 22c
Prayer
- Ask God to help you trust Jesus even in storms of life.
- Pray for the hearing of God’s Word preached this Lord’s Day’s.
- Pray for a member of our church, for your family, and for a non-Christian friend/family member.