day no. 15,611: He leads me by still waters

Silence, ye troubl'd waves, and thou Deep, peace,
Said then th' Omnific Word, your discord end
-- John Milton, Paradise Lost

God in the beginning silenced the troubled waters over which His Spirit hovered. He spoke into their liquid discord and brought order into chaos.

Genesis 1:1-3
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

We know that this Word of God that spoke Light into the darkness was the second Person of the Trinity, the Son of God, Jesus pre-incarnate.

John 1:1-5
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

So when in the days of His flesh He found Himself again in the presence of stormy waters, He recalled His previous word and put an end to its tumult.

Matthew 8:26, Mark 4:39, Luke 8:24
(Jesus) got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.

The disciples despaired when they considered what kind of man they might be sharing a boat ride with. But they would have despaired even more if they had realized that this wasn't the first time this one had silenced the raging seas. This reality would have answered their inquiry as to what kind of man this might be. What kind of man? The God-man who created the world they were currently floating upon.