"Peace! Be still!" Immediately, the storm falls silent. Having served its purpose. Simon had stepped out on faith, and not just from the boat about to sink under the weight of the storm, but also earlier from another boat, one about to sink under the weight of a normally-impossible catch of fish. In both cases, he had taken his eye off the Lord, afraid of surrounding dangers, but most of all afraid the Lord had forsaken him. He needed to learn, as do we all, that even though the storms are indeed powerful and deadly, the One who loves us is greater than all of it. We need not fear anyone or anything, because if we are faithful, if we are His, if we keep our eye firmly fixed on Him, the One who commands it all works all things to our good!