John 6:15-21

^“15 When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.

¹⁶ And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea,

¹⁷ And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them.

¹⁸ And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew.

¹⁹ So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid.

²⁰ But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid.

²¹ Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went.”

Jesus, our compassionate Jesus who loves us, is also all powerful!

In this passage we see a couple things which show both His power and His timing. Let’s contemplate:

1. What did Jesus do when the people wanted to force Him to be king?
2. What did the disciples do?
3. When did Jesus come to the disciples?
4. How did Jesus approach them? What was their response?
5. Did the circumstances of the storm concern Him?
6. How did He address their fear?
7. What happened as soon as He entered the ship?
8. What can we learn from this to apply to our lives?

These are only a few short verses, yet in them we see His timing, His compassion and His power. We have a truly amazing God who loves us and is all-powerful!