Lyrics
Out on the waters storms raging high
The waters around them were troubled that night
Fear filled there heart they thought they would die
They failed to remember that the master was nigh
He spoke the words and the winds all stood still
Even the waters they obeyed His will
He called their storms just like He will mine
I just remember he loves me deep inside
So why should I worry why should I fear
When the very same Jesus He is always near
He lives in my heart and He hears when I cry
I'll call on His name when the storm passes by
And when trials come and death seems so nigh
Ill call on the master I know He be there on time
And when sickness comes and my body is in pain
All I have to do is call on His name
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Meaning & Inspiration
"Till the Storm Passes By" opens by retelling the Gospel scene of the disciples caught on a raging sea, afraid they would die because they had forgotten that the Master was near. That retelling is not decoration; it sets up the whole song's logic — the same one who spoke and the wind and waves obeyed is the one the singer trusts through personal storms. The line "I just remember He loves me deep inside" turns a miracle story into a present-tense assurance rather than a distant memory.
The chorus asks a rhetorical question rather than offering an argument: why worry, why fear, when the same Jesus who calmed the sea is still near. That confidence carries into the final verse, which lists concrete trials — death drawing close, sickness, pain in the body — and answers each one the same way, by calling on His name. The song does not claim the storm will never come; it claims only that calling on Him is enough while it lasts, closing not with resolution of the trial itself but with confidence in who remains present through it.
Related Scripture
- Mark 4:39 Jesus rebukes the wind and calms the sea, directly retold in the song's opening scene of the disciples' storm.
- Philippians 4:6 Believers are told not to be anxious but to bring requests to God, echoed in the chorus asking why worry or fear.