Where Is Your Faith?

"He said to them, 'Where is your faith?' " (1)

"Now it happened, on a certain day, that He got into a boat with His disciples. And He said to them, 'Let's cross over to the other side of the lake.' And they launched out. But as they sailed He fell asleep. And a windstorm came down on the lake, and they were filling with water, and were in jeopardy. And they came to Him and awoke Him, saying, 'Master, Master, we are perishing!'

"Then He arose and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water. And they ceased, and there was a calm. But He said to them, 'Where is your faith?'

And they were afraid, and marveled, saying to one another, 'Who can this be? For He commands even the winds and water, and they obey Him!" (2)

Absorbed in their efforts to save themselves, the disciples had forgotten that Jesus was on board. Now, seeing their labor vain and only death before them, they remembered at whose command they had set out to cross the sea. In Jesus was their only hope.

Suddenly a flash of lightning pierces the darkness, and they see Jesus. He stands in their midst while the tempest rages. He lifts His hands and says to the angry sea, " 'Peace, be still!' And the wind ceased and there was a great calm. But He said to them, 'Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?' " (3) The storm ceases. The billows rest. The clouds roll away, and the stars shine. The boat rests on a quiet sea. The command of Jesus brought quiet to the scene of tumult.

Isaiah wrote, "The wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest." (4) However, with Jesus, there is rest and peace, regardless of what else is going on. "Cast all your care upon Him, for He cares for you." (5)

1. Luke 8:25.
2. Luke 8:22-25.
3. Mark 4:39.
4. Isaiah 57:20.
5. 1 Peter 5:7.