And He said to them,

"Why are you afraid,

O you of little faith?"

Then He rose

and rebuked

the winds and the sea,

and there was

    a great calm.

And the men marveled,

saying,

"What sort of man is this,

that even winds and sea

      obey Him?"

          Matthew 8. 26-27

(What sort of God

   do we worship?

The Almighty

Who is greater

than our circumstances.

God calls us

not to react,

but to respond to Him.

What do we miss

because of our fear?

One of the first

consequences of the Fall

     was fear.

God didn't say

life would be easy

in the storm

or in this broken world,

but "Do not be afraid.

        I am with you.")

O LORD,

Help us to trust You

when we are

   so overwhelmed,

when we realize

how much we need You.

And help us to realize

how we can respond,

what we can do,

what more that we see,

  when we walk with You

and that You

       are in the boat.

Trusting You

changes what we see.

Trusting You

alters how to respond.

Be multiplied

and magnified in this day,

       O Almighty God.