June 1st, 2025

Read Matthew 8:26 NIrV

“He replied, ‘Your faith is so small! Why are you so afraid?’ Then Jesus got up and ordered the winds and the waves to stop. It became completely calm.”

Have you ever felt a bit like the disciples in this passage?  They are frightened by a storm that threatens to overtake while Jesus sleeps in the hull of the boat they are traveling in.  They fear they aren’t going to make it…but they forgot that Jesus was in the boat.  Their faith was small because they lost sight of who was on the journey with them.  I am a lot like that sometimes. The size of my faith doesn’t always match the greatness of the One I say that I put my trust in – God.

When my children were small we used to sing a song with the lyrics: “My God is a great big God! …And He holds us in his hands!”  Such a simple truth with big implications for our faith.  We can have big faith – put all our trust in God, because he is a great God.  As we start this series on Building Faith, let’s ask God to help us to have great faith in a great God!

Heavenly Father,

I admit that sometimes my faith is small and I only trust You with the little things in my life.  Most of the time it is simply because I am afraid.  Remind me this week that You are a GREAT God and that You go with me on this journey.  You deserve more than just the scraps of my faith.  You deserve great faith!  I want to seek You for the impossible and believe You for miracles. I want to dream that You would do more than I can imagine in my life and through our church. Work in my heart, that I might surrender to You all that I am and all that I do this week, so that my faith would grow. Amen