Where Is Your Faith?

Acts of Worship
Awe of God

Glory To God in the Highest

Luke 8:19-25  The Message

^19-20 His mother and brothers showed up but couldn’t get through to him because of the crowd. He was given the message, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside wanting to see you.”
²¹ He replied, “My mother and brothers are the ones who hear and do God’s Word. Obedience is thicker than blood.”
^22-24 One day he and his disciples got in a boat. “Let’s cross the lake,” he said. And off they went. It was smooth sailing, and he fell asleep. A terrific storm came up suddenly on the lake. Water poured in, and they were about to capsize. They woke Jesus: “Master, Master, we’re going to drown!”
Getting to his feet, he told the wind, “Silence!” and the waves, “Quiet down!” They did it. The lake became smooth as glass.
²⁵ Then he said to his disciples, “Why can’t you trust me?”
They were in absolute awe, staggered and stammering, “Who is this, anyway? He calls out to the winds and sea, and they do what he tells them!”

 
For Reflection
Even more important than blood, Christ's obedience to his Father's mission is of paramount importance.  Christ's family already understood and were committed to God, but, the crowd who gathered needed to hear the good news.  The disciples once again misunderstood the priorities of faith.  It was not the conventional wisdom of family above all it was God above all.

Perhaps as much as Christ's family wanted to hear Jesus speak they knew that the crowd was more important and they stayed at the perimeter.  Like us, the disciples had a hard time with trust.  They were growing into their faith.

Pray
that we, like the disciples, will grow into grace.  Pray that you will listen to God in every day events, in scripture and in prayer so that you might continue to grow in faith and trust in God.