We read the account of Jesus calming the sea and marvel at His power, and command over it, but if we read this passage carefully we see that He gave two commands here. The first was a single word… “Peace!”, and the second was “Be still!” Although these are commands that scripture says He spoke to calm the sea, we should hear, and obey them in our own lives too… not to calm various situations we find ourselves in, although this would be appropriate, but to bring peace to our souls, and still our spirits. The first to bring us calm, and the second as we feel the presence of God. Do we hear Him in this way in the midst of the storms we encounter?