And they came to Him and awoke Him,
saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” Then He arose and rebuked the wind
and the raging of the water. And they ceased, and there was a calm. But He said
to them, “Where is your faith?” Luke 8:24-25
Truth is
a Person, not a concept. Jesus said He was the Truth (John 14:6). That means
that you can never know the truth of your circumstances unless you have first
heard from Jesus. The disciples thought they were perishing in the storm. They
were fishermen who knew the sea and knew what their condition was. They had
allowed their circumstances to convince them that the “truth” was their
imminent death. But they were wrong. Truth was asleep in the back of their
boat!
Since
some of the disciples were fishermen, they trusted in their own expertise and
wisdom rather than recognizing that only Jesus knew the truth of their
situation. At times, our human knowledge in certain areas of life can blind us
to our desperate need to hear a word from Truth.
When
Jesus spoke, the disciples saw the real truth of their situation. There was
absolute calm. The disciples had seen Jesus perform other miracles, but they
had not yet witnessed His power over nature in such a dimension. Often we are
like the disciples. God may have recently demonstrated His power to us in a
mighty way; we may have experienced many spiritual victories in the past. Yet,
when a new and frightening situation comes upon us we, too, panic and say,
“Lord save me. I’m perishing!” God will remind us of His provision, saying, “I
can handle this situation, too, and you will know more of Me because of it.”
Have you
become fearful instead of faithful? If you have, prepare for the rebuke, for it
will come.
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