Here, Jesus takes control over their action, and that place where they disciples are going. He moves them there, and shows that he has the power over nature to walk across the water, and the power over the force of the wind to move the boat back to the shore. He cannot be forced to do that which is not within God's plan for him to do. How can they overcome him and force him to do what they want him to do if he has this strength over nature, which they themselves do not have?
Healing of a Blind Man (Holy Bible, John 9:1-12)
In this passage, where Jesus heals the sight of man who had been born blind, Jesus tells us that such afflictions in our lives are so that God can be illuminated in our sightless minds according to God's work. It is not that the blind man or his family had sinned, Jesus says, but that he was blind so that "the work of God might be displayed in his life (John 9:3)." We do not need to see to know that God is in our life. Our lives, Jesus says, are illuminated by the light of God, and that as the son of God, Jesus will bring the light of God unto the world. He will light the way for mankind so that even darkness of night will not blind man as to the power and brightness of God's light.
Raising Lazarus From the Dead (Holy Bible, John 11:1-44)
Before His own rising from the dead, Jesus raised Lazarus, so that the world would "see the glory of God (John 11-41)." It was important that Jesus bring Lazarus back from the dead, so that he could show the world that if God had power to raise the dead on earth, they would understand that it was God's glory to raise the dead to heaven above earth after natural death. That God has power over all the forces of the universe....
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