In Matthew 8:23-27 we see an almost thrown-in story of Jesus calming a storm.
23 And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. 24 And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep. 25 And they went and woke him, saying, “Save us, Lord; we are perishing.” 26 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. 27 And the men marveled, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even winds and sea obey him?”
The disciples were terrified of the storm. Jesus slept. A storm like this worried Jesus so little that he almost seemed a little annoyed when they woke him up. I like to picture that he walked out calmed the storm and then went directly back to sleep.
We all want this type of person in our lives. That person who says that everything is going to be okay, and you believe them. Jesus does a great wonder like calming the storm, and the disciples start to ask the important question of who Jesus really is. I’m sure this is the point where many of Jesus’s followers started. They saw something amazing and wanted to see more.
In a book about Moses, Gregory of Nyssa said, “This truly is the vision of God: never to be satisfied in the desire to see God. But we must always, by looking at what we can see, rekindle our desire to see more. Thus, no limit would interrupt growth in the ascent to God, since no limit to the Good can be found, nor is the increasing of desire for the good brought to an end because it is satisfied.”
We will never find the end of God’s goodness, but we should also never stop trying to find it. It is in the seeking that we can rekindle our faith.