O You Of Little Faith

 "Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?" Matthew 8:26

In this story we read of the time when the disciples and the Lord were in a boat on the sea and a storm rose up. The men in fear cried out to Jesus. He rebukes them, then he calms the storm.

Here is what I was wondering about. These disciples had been with Jesus for some time now. They were as close to Jesus as any man could be. How is it then that the minute trouble happens, they freaked out? How is it that after all of the words they heard from Jesus and all the personal time they spent with Jesus they seem to be unprepared for this situation?

My thought is that when we rely on God for everything, we are incapable to do anything on our own. People who claim to be walking with Christ today and pray about everything seem to be unable to solve any problem or do anything that requires faith.

Also, these men, for spending so much time with Jesus, didn't know him at all. 

"Who can this be?" is their response. Verse 27.

I think that a theology that claims that the answer to life is walking close to Jesus is somehow wrong in it's thinking. Faith is an action word, not a believing word. Faith is seen by what we say and by what we do. Being close to Jesus is not enough. Jesus told them that they had no faith. 

Think about it.