Jesus asked where is your faith

I began to think of all the reasons why our little church couldn't do that. We didn't even have the money to pay the interest! Then I heard a quiet little voice inside me asking, "Where is your faith?

Nita had been more in touch with the Lord than the rest of us. In less than a year that loan had been miraculously paid off. Jesus is still the miracle-working Christ in the storms and problems of life. Where is your faith? Is it really in Him? The more we trust our lives to Him, the more He'll inspire in us a confidence in God that will banish demoralizing fear from our lives and bring assurance to our souls.

I remember singing a hundred-year-old chorus in Southeastern Oklahoma Nazarene district youth camps. I want the affirmation of those short phrases to be the theme of my walk or boat ride with Jesus.

New International Version Bible Online. Sandra Hamer Smith. Emma Danzey. How Long Should a Pastor Preach? Clarence L. Haynes Jr. Britt Mooney. Jason Soroski. All rights reserved. They said to each other, "Who is this? He can give orders to the wind and the waves, and they obey him! Who being afraid, wondered, saying one to another: Who is this, think you , that he commandeth both the winds and the sea, and they obey him? English Revised Version And he said unto them, Where is your faith?

And being afraid they marveled, saying one to another, Who then is this, that he commandeth even the winds and the water, and they obey him? Good News Translation Then he said to the disciples, "Where is your faith?

He gives orders to the winds and waves, and they obey him! He gives orders to the wind and the water, and they obey him! This storm brought these expert fishermen to the very end of themselves. They thought they were going to die. That same desperation is what the disciples must have felt that night. The storm was too big. The disciples struggle to keep their boat from capsizing.

Be still! The wind died down. A word from Jesus was all it took. How often have we been like the disciples? The disciples had witnessed the greatest miracles of Jesus, yet they were consumed with fear. Jesus was physically with them, and they waited until the last minute to ask him for help. We should ask ourselves the same question.

Why do we go through all the worry and struggle when we can just ask Jesus to calm the storm? We know that we need to trust Jesus, but practically, how do we do it in the midst of the storm? Trusting in God means seeking him, entering into his rest, and trusting in his Word.