Swallowed By Waves © Copyright 2001 Kevin Ebi/Living Wilderness.

Scripture
The disciples went and woke him up, shouting, “Master, Master, we’re going to drown!” When Jesus woke up, he rebuked the wind and the raging waves. Suddenly the storm stopped and all was calm. Then he asked them, “Where is your faith?” Luke 8:24-25

Observation
On a dark and stormy night the 12 disciples came to a dumb conclusion: God’s grand plan was going to end up on the sea floor. Worst of all they made this dreary prognosis the very words they used to get Jesus’ attention.

Sound familiar?

How often in our midnight prayers in stormy seasons do we start our prayers off expecting the worst. We take our fearful conclusions and turn them into prayers.

The words of Jesus have not changed over the past 2,000 years: where is your faith? Faith gives the Lord room to execute hairpin turns in the course of our life journey. God is a great God and the miraculous takes room to maneuver. Faith gives the Eternal One elbow room in our tiny world to do great things. The disciples could only imagine water filling the boat, when the Lord, on a dark and stormy night, wanted to empty the sky of clouds.

Application
Where is your faith? That should send us scurrying for our Bibles. That interrogation question should cause us to search our pockets for memories of times past when the Lord has come to our rescue. Our prayers should be robust in stormy times so there is no doubt that there is faith behind our words.

Prayer
Lord hear my prayer and feel my faith. Amen.