The Pride Of The Sea

Praise be to the wonderful Name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

God is good, and His mercy endures forever.

Turn to your neighbor and say, “God governs my life.” “God governs every situation in my life.” Because He has sovereign authority over everything in heaven and on earth.

Sometimes we hear that a storm is coming. The news begins to warn us. The clouds gather. The wind changes. There is tension in the air. We prepare our homes. We secure our doors. We charge our phones. No one can stop a storm from coming..but we prepare ourselves to face it.

Before a storm arrives, the sky darkens. Thunder rolls. Lightning flashes. The sea begins to rage. There is a sense of fear even before the storm actually hits.

During the storm, everything becomes chaotic. Electricity fails. Communication is cut off. The house becomes cold. We sit in candlelight. We cannot contact loved ones. We do not know what is happening outside.

And if you ever go to the beach during a storm, you will see something terrifying — a raging sea. Dark waters. Violent waves. An uncontrolled force that looks proud and unstoppable.

But here is something powerful.

Even after the storm passes, the sea can remain rough.

The sky may clear, but the waters remain disturbed for hours… sometimes even days.

And many of us are like that.

The problem ended — but your heart is still disturbed.

The thunder stopped — but your mind is still shaking.

The storm passed — but the waves remain inside you.

Some of you are no longer in the storm…

but the storm is still in you.

And there is only One who can speak to your inner waves and say,

“Peace, be still.”

Psalm 89:9 says,

“You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, You still them.”

Notice that the waves rise. But God rules.

Job 38:11 says that God told the sea,

“Thus far you may come, but no further. Here your proud waves must stop.”

The Bible even describes the waves with a word that means pride, swelling, arrogance. The sea has majesty. It has power. It has beauty. But it also has pride. Yet even the proud sea has boundaries.

God says, “This far. No further.”

Tonight I want to speak on this title:

The Pride of the Sea.

Every person here has something in common.

We all face storms.

1. Some storms are loud.

2. Some storms are silent.

3. Some storms come suddenly.

4. Some storms stay for years.

But there is one Voice that has authority to calm the pride of the sea.

Let us look at four kinds of storms in Scripture — and how Jesus defeats them all.

1. The Sea That Rages — He Calms It:

In Mark chapter 4, the disciples obey Jesus and enter a boat because He told them to. And immediately, a great storm arises.

Sometimes storms come not because you are far from Jesus — but because you are following Him.

The waves beat into the boat. The boat begins to fill. Experienced fishermen panic. But Jesus is asleep.

They wake Him and cry out, “Master, do You not care that we perish?”

Jesus stands up. The Bible says He 'arose'.

He rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace, be still.”

And there was a great calm.

Not partial calm.

Not delayed calm.

Great calm.

Normally after a storm, the sea remains disturbed.

But when Jesus speaks, disturbance disappears.

The storm that terrifies you does not terrify Him.

You may be facing unexpected sickness, family tension, job uncertainty, confusion, or fear.

Do not think God is sleeping.

When the storm arises, allow God to arise in your situation.

Zechariah says, “Be silent before the Lord, for He is raised up from His holy habitation.”

When God stands up, no enemy can speak.

He is the God who calms the raging sea in you!

2. The Sea Claimed by the Dragon — He Rebukes It

In Ezekiel chapter 29, the Lord speaks against Pharaoh, king of Egypt.

But notice how God describes him.

He does not simply call him a king.

He calls him a dragon.

A great dragon lying in the midst of his river.

Pharaoh says something shocking:

“My river is mine. I made it.”

This is not just political pride.

This is spiritual arrogance.

The Nile was Egypt’s life source.

It brought water, agriculture, wealth, power.

And Pharaoh stood in the middle of God’s creation and said,

“I made this.”

That is the spirit of pride.

That is the same spirit we saw in Job — the proud waves.

The sea in its swelling majesty looks unstoppable.

And the dragon in Ezekiel represents a spirit that claims ownership over what belongs to God.