Faith Enough for the Storm

The Story Behind the Hymn

Mark 4 gives the household one of the most humbling scenes in the Gospels: the disciples in a boat, the sea rising, and Christ asleep on a pillow. When they wake him, he does not calm them first — he calms the sea, then asks why they had no faith. This hymn sings both the storm and the sleep — the world's fear and the peace of the Christ who was already in the vessel.

Scripture Anchor

“And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?” Mark 4:39-40 · KJV

Companion passages: Matthew 8:23-27 ("a great tempest in the sea") · Luke 8:22-25 ("even the winds and water, and they obey him") · Psalm 107:29-30 ("He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still") · Isaiah 41:10 ("Fear thou not; for I am with thee").

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Verse 1

The wind came up and gathered like a wall,

The sea rose weeping under crown of foam;

We rocked and prayed and thought that all was lost,

But he was in the vessel with us, home.

Verse 2

He rose and spoke: Peace, be thou still, be still,

And every stubborn wave laid down its head;

The great and quiet after was our proof

That every storm obeys the word he said.

Bridge

Faith enough for the storm,

Faith enough for the sea,

Faith enough to lay our fear

In the hand that made the tree.

Verse 3

Then let this household hush before his voice,

Whenever waves come rising in our years;

And know the same hand quiets what we fear,

And turns to calm what wakes us in our tears.

Verse 3 (Repeat)

Then let this household hush before his voice,

Whenever waves come rising in our years;

And know the same hand quiets what we fear,

And turns to calm what wakes us in our tears.

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Reflection

Christian faith is not the absence of storms; it is the knowledge that Christ is in the boat. The disciples' problem was not the wind; it was forgetting who was with them. This hymn asks the household to remember, whenever waves rise in the years, that the same hand which quieted Galilee quiets what wakes us in our tears. The storm does not have the last word. The Word who made the wood does.

A Prayer in the Storm

Lord Jesus, thou hast slept in a boat and waked to speak the sea still. Speak still to every storm this household walks through. Give us faith enough to lay our fear in thy hand — the hand that made the tree. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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Use This Hymn At Home

Morning Before the day begins

Read Mark 4:35-41 aloud before breakfast. Sing Verse 1. Name one storm the household is inside today.

Evening As the house grows quiet

Sing the Bridge slowly. Let 'in the hand that made the tree' be the last line before sleep.

With Children Simple enough for little ears

Draw a small boat with the children. Ask: who is in the boat? Read the verse. Sing Verse 3 together and let the boat sit beside their bed.