Luke 8:25 “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!”
Even though the disciples were on a boat with Jesus, they suddenly found themselves in a sudden storm on the sea (Matthew 8:24). This storm would bring about astonishment and amazement that was felt by both Jesus and His disciples. Jesus was astonished at how afraid the disciples were! The disciples were amazed at how awesome Jesus was!
A deeper look into this story, this SUDDEN STORM, revealed how insecure the disciples were. The disciples (many of them skilled fishermen) were scared to death as this sudden storm hit. “MASTER! MASTER! WE ARE PERISHING is what they SCREAMED in Luke 8:24.” Their screaming wakes Jesus up from a SOUND sleep, for one would think the storm would have awakened Him. What happens next is purely amazing. Picture it! JESUS turns to the storm and REBUKES the storm. The word REBUKE has the idea of demanding that one honor the authority. Quicker than the storm had suddenly come up, the storm CEASED, and all was CALM.
With the outside storm dealt with, Jesus deals with another storm, for there was a storm on the inside of His disciples. The master discipler will turn this storm into a schoolroom. His disciples needed to learn something. To help them LEARN, He asked a penetrating question, “WHERE IS YOUR FAITH?”
Now they are afraid again. The question revealed they had LOTS of FEAR and LITTLE FAITH!
With Jesus ASTONISHED at their lack of faith, the disciples will now take inventory of the events, and they find themselves asking among themselves in AMAZEMENT, “Who can this be?” This storm had brought about a new understanding of WHO JESUS IS and how POWERFUL He is. It would be a lesson that would help them later as they faced other storms.
We need to know that STORMS are like schoolrooms for God to show us just how powerful and AWESOME He is. The disciples’ class started with them AFRAID of a STORM, and they finished class AMAZED at the SAVIOR!
Are you in a storm? What is this storm revealing about you? Is it showing you have LOTS of FEARS and LITTLE FAITH? What is it showing you about Jesus? My prayer is that in your school room of a storm, you find yourself LEARNING more ABOUT Jesus and becoming more AMAZED at Jesus. May your storm move your story from LOTS of FEARS and little faith to LOTS OF FAITH and little fear!
Please remember that your storms become stories that become opportunities to share the Savior!
Continue Strong AMAZED at Jesus!
And remember to DATE THE WORD!