““…You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.” Mt 8:26
In Matthew 8, we go from a story of a centurion who astonishes Jesus with his great faith to a story of the disciples bewildering Jesus with their little faith. The disciples and Jesus are in a boat; a furious storm blows in, waves sweep over them and the seasoned fishermen among them are scared out of their wits along with the others not accustomed to the stormy seas. As a last resort, they awaken Jesus saying “Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!”
What impresses Jesus upon awakening…the size of the storm or the size of their faith…the size of the waves or the size of their fear? The first thing out of His mouth was “…You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Jesus did not say “You of no faith.” The disciples would not have awakened Jesus and said “Lord save us, we’re going to drown”, if they had no faith. When at their very wits end, with their solutions depleted and their strength exhausted, the tiny faith they had, moved them to Jesus to deliver them. Little faith is last resort faith.
“Last resort faith” is “all we can do now is pray” faith. “Last resort faith” is manifest after everything else we put our faith in takes us to a dead end. Do you see disaster coming in the distance? Have you been struggling with something but you’ve got more reserves to continue the struggle before it deteriorates to absolute disaster. Wake up Jesus now, and ask Him to exercise His authority over whatever the approaching disaster is bringing. Great faith is first resort faith.
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