Why does an all-powerful God go to sleep in our boats and let the storms of life rage against us? God's agenda for our brief journey through earth isn't perfect comfort and unbroken pleasure. Rather, he wants us to achieve the wisdom, courage, joy, and inner balance of spiritual maturity. He wants us to get in shape for heaven. And that involves learning to trust in him more than in ourselves. That's hard to learn, because it goes directly against the spiritual DNA we have all inherited from original sin. And so, sometimes, God goes to sleep in our boats and lets the storm rage, so that we will come to accept the reality of our limitations and the truth of our dependence on him.