that doesnt mean we can sit back and fold our hands

My Sunday Scripture 2009.6.21

On that day, as evening drew on, he said to them, "Let us cross to the other side." Leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat just as he was. And other boats were with him. A violent squall came up and waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was already filling up. Jesus was in the stern, asleep on a cushion. They woke him and said to him, "Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?" He woke up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Quiet! Be still!" The wind ceased and there was great calm. Then he asked them, "Why are you terrified? Do you not yet have faith?" They were filled with great awe and said to one another, "Who then is this whom even wind and sea obey?"

Saint Mark 4:35-41.

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My Reading Notes:
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Jesus said to them: "Why are you terrified? Do you not yet have faith?"

But we must not misinterpret this teaching.

We ought not be "terrified", but it is us who must work to fight back any hardships. With Jesus together, we fear nothing, but that doesnt mean doing nothing. We as human beings must take every measure to carry our crosses.

God is might. He can do anything. But that doesnt mean we can sit back and fold our hands and watch instead of working and fighting.