Have you ever seen a quote, and thought for sure it came from a famous person or a particular type of individual, only to be stunned when you see the person who spoke such impactful or incredibly ignorant words?  Yes, that was a mouthful.  But it was exactly what I thought when reading Matthew Chapter 8.  If I told you that Jesus said of this person:

Matt 8:10

When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to those who followed, “Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!

Then later in this same chapter Jesus would say of this group:

Matt 8:26

But He said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?”

Of course you, like me would say that the first verse shared had to be one of those disciples closest to him, maybe Peter, James or even John.  They were with Jesus in the most incredible of situations and clearly had been able to see Miracles and heard the most faith filled sermons ever spoken.  That had to be them right?

And of course the second verse had to be some rebellious Jewish Pharisee or even a non Jewish outlaw who could care nothing about the word’s of Jesus.  Of course…..

We would be both wrong.  

Matthew 8:5 NKJV

Now when Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him,

A centurion: an officer in the Roman army received one of the greatest honors by hearing these words from Jesus: “Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!

From a Roman solder!!!

Then who was he speaking of in the second verse: 

Matt 8:10 8:25 NKJV

Then His disciples came to Him and awoke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!”

Come on that, cannot be right.  The disciples are the ones with little faith?  Well if they didn’t have faith, what hope do we have??  Don’t be discouraged, Paul exhorts us by reminding us:

Romans 5:5 NKJV

Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

So why did I write this?  Just to remind us that Jesus is worth our Faith and He is always looking for Faith to reward.  Even in those times where we are scared and it seems like our ship is going down, we can have faith in Jesus.  Because regardless of what storm we might be going through, there is a second part of that scripture we can put our faith in: 

Matthew 8:26 NKJV

But He said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. 

HE WILL CALM YOUR STORM