Does Jesus care if we are drowning?

"A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?” He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm. He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?” They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!”" Mark 4:37-41.

How can you sleep in a small boat in the middle of the squall? The disciples could not. They were doing the best trying to save the boat and themselves from drowning by pouring water out as fast as they could, but it was filling the boat faster than they were managing to pump it out. Yet, there was one who was sleeping during all this life threatening experience. It was Jesus. Why didn't He join to help the disciples to pour water out? He neither joined in their futile attempts to save the boat, nor in their panic. It seemed that they would all go down to the bottom of the lake sooner rather than later. Seeing that it was impossible to save themselves, the disciples rushed to wake up Jesus.

Jesus did not answer their question "...don't you care if we drown?" He miraculously solved the situation by commanding the wind and the waves to calm down. And the nature listened to its' Master. The issue wasn't with Jesus. He does care. The issue was with the disciples. They lacked trust in the master. They believed they could drown together with him. That was the problem, and Jesus addressed it.

So often we find ourselves in the middle of life storms: recurring problems, addictions, breaking relationships, curable and incurable diseases, financial challenges, mental issues, global pandemic (now) and we try to deal with that and other great challenges on our own in our own human ways and strengths. A lot of challenges are way beyond our human strength to solve. Yet, we keep on doing things our way, and only when we see that we are drowning, we start praying to God as the last resort for help.

God wants to be the first resort of help. He wants to see our trust in Him. He cares, and He wants to help, but His ways are not our ways, and His thoughts are not our thoughts. He is a miracle working God. He is ready to help. Yet, He is expecting us to believe in Him, and call on Him as the first resort for help. When you face the impossible, go to Him who solves the impossible.