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It is sometimes worth while to try to meet the mournful and worried state of mind in the churches, when the good are longing, and perhaps waiting, for a revival of religion to come.

I. THE PICTURE. In the course of description of the scene on Lake Genesaret, it will not be difficult to suggest these points:

1. The close and rather humiliating connection between wistful souls and weary bodies.

2. The disheartening result of a rapid transition from exhilarating crowds to unromantic and lonely labour.

3. The feeling of desertion when, perhaps, Jesus is praying for us all the time.

4. Desolate frames of feeling give no release from diligent duty. Our question now is, What did those disciples do?

II. THE LESSON.

1. They kept on rowing. That is, they did precisely what they would have done if Jesus had arrived.

2. They headed the boat for Capernaum. That was what He bade them do (see Matthew 14:22).

3. They bailed out the water if any rushed into the boat. All the worldliness in the world's sea cannot sink Christ's Church, if only the waves are kept on the outside of it.

4. They strained their eyes in every direction for the least sign of Christ's coming.

5. They cheered each other.

(C. S. Robinson.)

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KJV: Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.

WEB: When therefore the people saw the sign which Jesus did, they said, "This is truly the prophet who comes into the world."