The Hours of Affliction and Tension

When the disciples were climbing on the boat they seemed quite confident. They seemed not afraid at all. The story says that Jesus was asleep. Only faith can sleep without care. That is why sleep is a reminder of paradise and faith finds itself safely in God alone. Their confidence had been misplaced and now it was lost. It was a false sense of security. There is only fear in disguise. So may we understand rightly the hours of affliction and temptation, the hours in our lives when we are on the high seas. God is close to us then not far away. Our God is on the cross."