A Great Calm

Matthew 8:26
     But He said to them, "Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?" Then
     He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.

Jesus and His disciples were crossing the sea when a great tempest arose so that the boat was covered with waves. His disciples came to Him and cried out, "Lord, save us! We are perishing!"Then we read, "But He was asleep." 

How many times have we felt like the disciples? A great storm comes into our lives and our first thought is, "help, I'm drowning!" Do we feel, like was the case of the disciples, "but Jesus was asleep?"  We are sure He couldn't possibly be aware of the storm consuming our lives, or He would have kept it from coming. We know the Word of God tells us

               "All things work together for good to those who love God,
                 to those who are called according to His purpose."  Romans 8:28

But this time is different. There is absolutely nothing good that could ever come from this storm.
 
It was Jesus who told the disciples to go to the other side, "Follow Me" He told them. Yet when the winds came and the waves threatened to take them over, Jesus was asleep. We, too, can feel this way. We do all we know to live a Christ centered life. We pray for guidance and study His Word. Nevertheless, like a violent storm on the seas of Galilee our whole world comes crashing in.

 It is times like this, if we listen closely, we will hear our Savior say, "Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?" Could it be the storm has come into our lives to take us to another level in our faith? Once Jesus has calmed the seas, will we see our walk with Our Savior is closer then before the crashing waves?

               Then they cry out to the LORD in their trouble,
               And He brings them out of their distresses.
               He calms the storm, so that its waves are still.
                                                            Psalm 107:28-29

Let's take Him at His Word and in times of distress cry out, Lord save me! And watch as He wakes from His sleep,  and working all things together for good, He calms our raging storm.