And they were filled with great fear and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?” (Mark 4.41)
The disciples are shaken to their core. By virtue of the placid sea they are acutely aware that they do not have a mere man in the boat with them. They cannot simply discard him overboard like the mariners on Jonah’s boat. No, they must deal with him.
But it is this dealing with the true Jesus that is so uncomfortable, so unsettling.
You cannot domesticate Jesus.
He cannot be tamed, contained, or categorized. He doesn’t fit in these categories. The minute you try to put him there–you lose him. The minute you see him as he is…you lose yourself!
He is more powerful and more frightening than your greatest fear. But he is also more loving and caring than your greatest comforter.
All you can do is what you must do: worship him.