Jesus says, “Why fearful?”

Are you like me? We have several who come to the office asking for financial help. This last week someone walked up to me in the park and asked that I simply pray with him. This stranger called himself a sheep; I feel often like a goat myself for my stubbornness at not having more faith in tough times. I run into old friends, too, who are visibly worried. Visceral. There’s a common weariness in everyone’s eyes. “I cannot wait until after this election aftermath.” “I cannot wait to go back to normal.” Each one of us worries over a series of things all at once: The virus, the election, the economy, the church surviving, the education of our children and the ability to go back to normal. Fear, uncertainty and death. And this verse came to me in a devotion today “Why are you fearful; O you of little faith.” Matthew 8:26. What a succinct memory verse for our pocket that says so much. Jesus just seems to say, “YOU MISSED IT AGAIN.” There are times in our life when there are fears or crisis’s when we may do our human best, but we know it is not enough. We reveal instantly to whom we belong. All our days we have been learning and knowing God, to trust Him. These moments show us that we may go to the breaking point but not break in our confidence in the Holy One, our God.