Friends in Christ,
Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then He arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea;and there was great calm. ( Saint Matthew 8:26 )
How strong is our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ ? A question I am asking myself, but am also asking you the same question. It is easy to have a strong faith when everything goes reasonably well with us, but when there is suddenly going to be a crisis in our lives, then would our faith stand the test of the time?
If we look back on the lives of the Saints and the Martyrs, then we come to the conclusion that when they were in crisis mode, their faith did sustain them and their confidendence in the Lord Jesus Christ was not broken. That is why we observe Saints and Martyrs, so that we can learn from their experiences and be strenghtened by their Faith.
And yet... there are so many Saints around us, whose names we shall never know and whose names will never go down in the history of the Church. Yes.. ordinary men and women, who have learnt all their lives to worship God and trust in Him and when they come to a crisis point, they do not loose their confidence. Where do you find these people? I got to know a few of them in my former Parish in Melbourne, I recently visited a very sick friend in hospital.. and I mean very sick, and yes I found another one. If you are reading this short meditation today and you are in crisis mode and your faith is not strong enough to uphold you, you do not need lenghty prayers and bible readings to come through. Just use the Orthodox Jesus prayer and say it loud and repeatedly:" Jesus, Son of God, have mercy upon me a sinner" And again " Jesus, Son of God, have mercy upon me a sinner."And suddenly as Saint Matthew reported in 8:26 " There was a great calm."
Would you join me today and pray for all those, who are in crisis mode around the world, may their Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ sustain them and bring them to everlasting life. Amen.
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