“And he said to them,’ Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?’” Matthew 8:26
Have you ever paid attention to things that are closely connected? Like how your hunger affects your mood or how time constraints affect your stress level? How about how your faith affects the level of fear that rises within you? Identifying how things are related may help us manage ourselves better.
As we see in this passage, our faith has the power to impact how afraid we are. Jesus inquires of his disciples the reason for their fear and calls them people of “little faith”. If the disciples had had faith in the one who has power over even wind and waves, they would not have had reason to fear. This was an intense lesson on the sea. The size of the storm was not connected to the power Jesus had to calm it. Storms are in God’s control, weather related and otherwise.
If it was possible for the disciples who walked with Jesus to lack faith, then it is possible for us too. Do you believe God is in complete control especially during the storms of your life? Your answer may help explain the amount of fear resident in your heart. It is likely that we spend much time in prayer about our needs, but acknowledging our deep need for increased faith may not roll off the list of supplications quite as readily. Our increased faith is always a request that when answered, brings lift to the storm.
Dear One, let”s ask God to increase our faith in him today.
