“And other little boats were also with Him.”

As Jesus and the disciples crossed the sea in their boat, they were not alone. (Mark 4:35-41) So we would assume that the storm that tossed their boat tossed the other boats. The winds that battered their boats battered the other boats. The sea that was filling their boat was filling the other boats. The fear that was filling their hearts on their boat was filling the hearts of others on their boats. (You get the picture.)

But what the others in the other boats probably could not see and could not hear was what happened between the disciples and Jesus. They did not hear the fear in the disciples’ voices. Nor did they hear the gentle rebuke in Jesus’ voice toward His disciples. And they did not hear Jesus’ command to the wind and the sea. But they did experience the calm.

What questions they must have had later. How they must have been amazed at Jesus as the disciples recounted the events on the sea. What had happened to the disciples did not just happen for the disciples, but as a testimony to the others in the other boats as well.

You are seldom alone in a storm. As Jesus stretches and grows your faith, as you learn to be at peace in Him regardless of the turmoil surrounding you, you become a testimony among those around you to what manner of Man Jesus is. Jesus amazes you that others may be amazed at Him through you.