Jesus stilled a storm for his disciples two thousand years ago, but does that necessarily mean he controls every single storm today? Christ stopped one storm. But does he govern every storm thereafter? Is this connection a leap? Or is it logical? It’s a question from a listener named Sophia. “Pastor John, hello! I have a question for you about God’s sovereignty over natural disasters, including tsunamis and tornadoes and floods. In the Gospels, we read that Jesus once calmed the wind and waves, leading the disciples to ask each other the glorious question in Mark 4:41: 41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him? ‘Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?’ Jesus can step in and stop any storm — yes and amen — an awesome and comforting reality. “However, over the years, as I read your take on natural disasters, you seem to make an additional conclusion to say that because Jesus dissolved one storm that he ever and always controls the natural powers behind every other storm. From then on, all the winds and waves only perpetually obey Christ. Can you explain this logical connection? How do you move from Jesus’s dissolving of one storm to Jesus’s supervising control over the intensity of every storm thereafter?” Read or listen to this interview at our website: https://www.desiringgod.org/interviews/does-christ-govern-every-storm Find other recent and popular Ask Pastor John episodes: https://www.desiringgod.org/ask-pastor-john