Reflecting on "Be Ye of Little Faith?"

John Calvin's quote above on the Pilot Himself reminds me of the encounter of Jesus calming the storm in Matthew 8:23-27 and Mark 4:35-41.  Jesus was asleep on the ship and He was asleep.  The storm hit so hard that they decided to try to wake Jesus saying, "Master, carest thou not that we perish?" or "Lord, save us: we perish."  Remember Jesus was sleeping at the hinder part of the ship and he was the Captain.  He knew what was happening but the disciples lacked faith.  The disciples saw that they lacked faith and saw Jesus is the only One who can get them out of the storm.

In the two accounts, we read these words as what might be paraphrased by the writers Matthew and Mark, "Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?" and " Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?"  When one looks at the passages, Jesus rebuked the disciples for their doubt then He stopped the waves.  Likewise, Christians can also be like the disciples when they lose their faith during the storm.  Since Jesus is the Captain of the Ship, Christians should just trust Him.  Even if a Christian should perish physically in the trials, they have endured to the end by God's grace.