Scripture to Read: Luke 8:24-25
As God allows us to face trials, we learn the following from God about our trials in James 1:2–4, “Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. 4 And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.” So, we know to expect trials, but then, God tells us to count it joy when we do and to KNOW that our faith must be tested so that God’s endurance is strengthened in our lives so that we are “perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.” WOW! God does not want us to lack in anything, so He allows the trials to help make that happen. As God had Luke record what happened next, we read in Luke 8:24–25, “They came to Jesus and woke Him up, saying, ‘Master, Master, we are perishing!’ And He got up and rebuked the wind and the surging waves, and they stopped, and it became calm. 25 And He said to them, ‘Where is your faith?’ They were fearful and amazed, saying to one another, ‘Who then is this, that He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him?’” These men, who many had fished for years, were scared they were about to die. The storm overwhelmed them. Jesus simply got up, rebuked the storm, and immediately it was calm. Then, Jesus asked them, “Where is your faith?” God wants us to examine ourselves as well and ask ourselves, “Where is my faith?”
Challenge & Application
How would you say your faith has grown since becoming a follower of our Lord Jesus Christ?
What areas of your life do you see your faith still being weak in and why?
Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!