Master! Save us!

 

We’ve spent some time as a family reading and meditating upon the account of Yeshua and His students in the boat, as the storm and waves came upon them. Most of us are familiar with the account. Yeshua is sleeping and His disciples are frantically losing their minds, as most of us would likely be found doing in that circumstance.

“Master, save! For we are in danger!” they exclaimed. I have to wonder, did they cry out “Hoshiana!” as they would when He would ride in on the back of the colt on a future day. “Hoshiana! (Save us!) Son of Elohim!” I like to wonder.

A rebuke of sorts comes from our Messiah. “Why are you afraid? Why do you have such small faith?”

It’s important for us to remember that the proper Hebrew understanding of the word “faith” is both believing *and* doing. It is intimately acquainted with “shema” that deems both hearing and obeying as inseparable. Here we see this same principle at work. True faith must look like something. As the Word tells us, it is a substance. It is no different for us today, if we truly desire to be found in the lineage of the men of faith and action that went before us.

So yes, here we see Yeshua correct His closest brothers. But then, He acts on their behalf. Here we see ourselves. We too are capable of being men of faith and action, yet too many times we simply do not walk in the necessary faith. Knowing this, Messiah corrects *and* He acts, on their behalf. In the end, He does exactly what they cried out for - He saves. And He is still doing this for all who will cry out to Him today. Selah.