Illness gives us ample opportunity to hear the reassurance, don't be afraid. Marius shares why we need to hear this. "But He said to them, 'It is I; don't be afraid,'" (John 6:20). Jesus walking on water in the midst of a storm; out at sea: A display of His phenomenal omnipotence, which defies all human reasoning. The sea had no option but to respond and break every law of human science: keeping it's Architect afloat. Who can ever forget the barren fig tree which He cursed for been fruitless? Immediately it began to wither, and by the following morning it had succumbed--shriveled from the roots. When the disciples saw the supremacy of Jesus walking on the sea with such authority--perhaps they thought they were seeing a ghost. … [Read more...]