Verse: Matthew
8:25-26
Then His disciples came to Him and awoke
Him, saying,
“Lord, save us! We are perishing!”
But He said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?”
Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great
calm.
Application:
It is by faith that God's mighty power is released into the life of a
Christian (Hebrews 11:33-35). The fact that you have doubts indicates that you
do not know God as you should. If your prayer life is infiltrated with doubts,
you have denied yourself the greatest single avenue of power that God has made
available to you. Without faith it is impossible to please God (Hebrews 11:6).
God never comforts you in your doubt. Jesus consistently rebuked those who
would not believe Him. He had revealed enough of Himself for His disciples to
have believed Him in their time of need.
Although the
disciples had witnessed many miracles, they panicked in this storm. As
experienced sailors, they knew its danger; what they did not know was that
Christ could control the forces of nature. We often encounter storms in our
life, where we feel God can't or won't work. When we truly understand who God
is, however, we will realize that he controls both the storms of nature and the
storms of the troubled heart. Jesus' power that calmed this storm can also help
us deal with the problems we face. Jesus is willing to help if we only ask him.
We should never discount his power even in terrible trials.