Matthew the apostle continued to write about the ventures of Jesus and shared, “when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish”, and in chapter eight and verse twenty-six of his book, Matthew shared how Jesus asked His disciples, “why are you fearful?” where we read:
The verse reads, “And he said unto them, Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” Matthew began with the words, “and he said” or “and Jesus uttered, declared, proclaimed and questioned” “unto them” which means “to the disciples”, “why are you fearful” or “for what reason are the disciples timid and faithless” “O you” which refers to “the disciples” “of little faith” which means “who are trusting too little, incredulous and lacking confidence”? Matthew shared how Jesus told His disciples they were “timid and lacking confidence” as He asked them why they were so “faithless”.
The verse goes on to say, “Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.” Matthew added the words, “then he arose” or “at that time and moment Jesus rose from His sleep”, “and rebuked” which means “and taxed with fault, rated, chided, reproved and censured severely” “the winds” or “the violent agitation and stream of air or a strong tempestuous wind” “and the sea” which means “and the raging body of water upon which they were sailing”; “and there was a great” or “and suddenly there appeared a massive and intense” “calm” which means “peace, tranquility and stillness of the sea”. Matthew shared how Jesus rose from His sleep and “sharply admonished” the torrential “winds” and “raging seas” which resulted in a great peace and stillness.
When we consider Matthew's words in this verse, we see how Jesus had power over the physical elements including the atmosphere and weather. Where He and His disciples were in a massive storm, Jesus simply spoke the word, and everything was “calm” and “still”. Jesus is the “Master of the Winds and Seas” and since He was the Creator of them, they were within His control. This awesome and powerful God desires to have a relationship with every person who will yield their lives to Him as their personal “Savior and Lord”, and those who are wise shall not only acknowledge His Almighty power, but also align with Him in “belief and trust” rather than “faithlessness” in their times of “tempestuous storms”.
Next time Matthew shares how the disciples asked, “what manner of man is this?, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
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