You
Of Little Faith,
Why
Are
You So Afraid?
Scripture
Matthew
8
23 Then
he got into the boat and his disciples followed him.
24 Suddenly
a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the
boat. But Jesus was sleeping. 25 The disciples went and
woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!”
26 He
replied, “You of little faith, why are you so
afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves,
and it was completely calm.
27 The men
were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds
and the waves obey him!”
Observation
Right
now our entire church is going through a 40 day study called “Daring
Faith” and we are being challenged by our pastors to be people of
great faith!
Our
first memory verse of this campaign was Matthew 9:27, “According to
your faith will it be done to you.” Jesus said this to two blind
men as He healed them and restored their sight!
In
Matthew 8 Jesus' disciples were afraid and lacked faith because they
still hadn't realized fully Who they had in the boat with them. When
Jesus got up from His nap He rebuked the waves, the wind and
everything was immediately calm.
The
disciples had God in the boat with them but didn't realize it. You
and I, if we are followers of Jesus Christ, have it even better than
the disciples had it. True, Jesus was in the boat with them, but now
Jesus dwells inside of every one of His followers!
Jesus
is not just close by, not just standing next to us, He dwells inside
of us … if we have been born again!
Nothing
happens to me without Jesus' permission!
When
we go through the next storm we don't have to worry about waking
Jesus up to get Him to protect us. He is always awake and nothing
ever surprises Him or catches Him off guard.
Application
I
will trust my Lord and Savior in and through the storms of life. How
about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, in Matthew 8 we have the amazing faith of the Roman Centurion
whose faith amazed Jesus, a Centurion who believed Jesus could heal
his servant without even being close to him and then a few verses
later we have the lack of faith shown by Jesus' closest disciples who
didn't believe that they were safe even though Jesus was in the boat
with them. Jesus lives inside of me. I am safe. I know that nothing
touches my life without being okay-ed by Your Son Jesus Christ.
I
pray for my son Hugh on his birthday today. Bless him Lord. Bless his
family. May he experience Your love, Your joy, and Your peace. May
this be a very special day for him.
Daily
Bible Reading: 1 Samuel 24; Psalm 57,58; 1 Chronicles 8; Matthew 8
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