Where Is Your Faith?

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Ezra 2; Ezra 3; Luke 8

Where 

Is 

Your Faith?

Scripture

Luke 8

²² One day Jesus said to his disciples, “Let’s cross to the other side of the lake.” So they got into a boat and started out. ²³ As they sailed across, Jesus settled down for a nap. But soon a fierce storm came down on the lake. The boat was filling with water, and they were in real danger.

²⁴ The disciples went and woke him up, shouting, “Master, Master, we’re going to drown!”
When Jesus woke up, he rebuked the wind and the raging waves. Suddenly the storm stopped and all was calm. ²⁵ Then he asked them, “Where is your faith?”

The disciples were terrified and amazed. “Who is this man?” they asked each other. “When he gives a command, even the wind and waves obey him!”

Observation

The disciples were doing exactly what Jesus had told them to do and yet suddenly they were fighting a storm that they thought was going to sink them. They woke Jesus up from obviously a deep sleep and informed Him that they were going to drown!

Hmm! Lets review this situation for a moment … they were in a boat with the Creator of the Universe and yet they were scared that a storm was going to sink the boat and they were all going to drown?

Do you see anything wrong with this picture?

Well before you are too hard on Jesus’ disciples let me remind you that you and I do exactly the same thing in our lives today! At the moment we surrender our lives to the Lord Jesus Christ the Bible tells us that He comes into our lives to live forever! God Himself comes to dwell within us. 

He is not only in the boat … way better than that He actually lives inside of us! The disciples only had God in the boat with them we actually have God inside of us and yet when storms come we act like God is going to let the storms destroy us!

Where is our faith?

Application

I will trust my God to walk with me through the storms of life. How about you?

Prayer

Heavenly Father, help me to live like I know that You dwell within my life. Help me to walk by faith. Remind me of Your presence as I go through the storms of life! 

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