Mark 6:53

‘And when they had crossed over they came to the land to Gennesaret, and moored to the shore.'

Having crossed over they moored to the shore. They were safe on dry ground at last, and now they had Jesus with them. All is well when we have Jesus with us. They ‘ran into the shore' or ‘moored to the shore' is an unusual expression and is possibly a technical term used by the fishermen of Galilee. A long rope no doubt reached from the boat to a post on the shore. ‘The land of Gennesaret' was on the west shores of the sea of Galilee. It probably refers to the fertile and well populated plain, south west of Capernaum, or possibly to a fishing village in it, the feminine suffix transliterated ‘et' being added to the name of the plain of Gennesar. This is attested to in 1Ma 11:67 (‘the water of Gennesareth') and Josephus (Gennesar'). Compare also ‘the sea of Chinnereth' mentioned in Numbers 34:11. The fact that they arrived here may be because the wind and waves had driven them off course so that they had no choice. Alternately perhaps there was a Bethsaida near here although there is no evidence of it.

The central purpose of this incident then was to help in revealing to the disciples that He  was  truly the unique Son of God (see Matthew 13:33), but it has a secondary significance in that it reveals to all Who are His that He can be with them in every kind of adversity. The church did need not fear the winds and the toil that it had to face, because there is One Who is watching Who knows their toil and their concerns, and will come to their aid when the time is right, often in ‘the fourth watch of the night'.