Oh ye of little faith

Jesus Calms the Storm

Matthew 8

23 Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him.

24 Without warning, 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!"



The Sea of Galilee is an odd body of water. It is relatively small, 13 miles long and 7 miles wide. But it is 150 feet deep, and the shoreline is 680 feet below sea level! Sudden storms can appear over the surrounding mountains with little warning, stirring the water into violent 20-foot waves. The disciples had not foolishly set out in a storm. They had been caught without warning, and their danger was great. Although they had seen many miracles they panicked in this storm. They knew the danger as experiences sailors, what they didn't know was that Christ could control the forces of nature.



There is often a stormy area of our human nature when we feel God can't or won't work. Then we truly understand who God is, we will realize that he controls both the storms of nature and the storms of the troubled heart. God is willing to help we just have to ask.