What kind of Faith do you have?

Faith is the substance of things hoped for (Hebrews 11:1). It is the foundation of our walk with Jesus. We look forward in faith to an eternal life in Heaven. Faith is the evidence in our lives that we have a relationship with God. It is truly the evidence of our salvation. There are three kinds of faith Jesus mentions in the Gospels. One is found in the following passage. It is what He describes as having no faith. Let’s look at this one today.

Mark 4:35-40 And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side. ³⁶  And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships. ³⁷  And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. ³⁸  And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish? ³⁹  And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. ⁴⁰  And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?

Notice how He characterizes them as not having faith. He’s with them, but they aren’t trusting Him. They question whether He really cares for them, “carest thou not that we perish”? But He does. The bottom line is that when we aren’t trusting Him, we begin to think He doesn’t care, which leads to a life of fear.

The cloud of this Pandemic that we are living under right now creates enough stress and problems without us creating more. Health issues, loss of income, how to do schooling at home, childcare, working from home, and the simple logistics of obtaining what we need daily, while keeping our social distancing, is enough. We don’t need to add a lack of trust in our Heavenly Father to add to the chaos. The devil wants us to think Jesus doesn’t care. Jesus cares more than you and I can ever know. Satan wants to paralyze us with fear. Jesus doesn’t want us to fear. He asks them, “Why are ye so fearful”? He’s asking ‘why’? He’s implying that they really don’t have a reason to fear. I haven’t left you. I’m here just as I have always been.

Let’s take this to heart today. He wants us to trust Him. He wants to know He cares. He doesn’t want us to be afraid. He can calm the wind and the waves. Have faith. Believe in Him. Trust in Him. He’s with us in this Pandemic.

In Him,

Steve