Exceeding Expectation

Jesus once fell asleep in the boat during a storm. The disciples awoke him, amazed at his indifference to their plight. He evidently knew it wasn't a problem. Then when they asked for his assistance, he spoke to the wind and waves and they instantly fell still.

This caused the disciples to remark, "What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!" He exceeded their expectations. Perhaps they expected a gradual subsiding of the storm. Or just reassurance of survival despite the storm, like Paul later gave his shipmates in a storm. Instead Jesus fixed it.

Ephesians 3:20 says "Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us", can do IMMEASURABLY more than we can ask or IMAGINE. Wow. That's saying something.

So why doesn't this happen more? Perhaps because like the disciples, we don't expect it? We don't even allow it? What if we got out of God's way and let God really do something dramatic?