Luke 8:24 “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.”
The disciples felt Jesus needed to know what was going on. They didn’t want Him to sleep right up to the moment of greatest peril. I wonder if any of them had a fleeting thought ‘if He is Who He says He is, why doesn’t He wake up’ since He would know what was going on?
But, as they soon discovered, He knew exactly what was going on. Indeed, they couldn’t have sunk without Him waking. He would be sure to solve the problem in any case. But, their eagerness to wake Him showed the strength of their faith, which was fairly weak.
Heavenly Father, You are worthy of our most confident trust. Yet so often we trust You with our words, but miss the mark with our actions. We think we need to manage everything instead of letting You handle it. You are the One Who knows everything, we can depend upon that! In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ I pray and praise You, Amen.