The Lord Jesus, entering into a boat with His disciples, placed His head on the pillow, and composed Himself to sleep.1 For He was in the habit of spending a great part of His nights in prayer and watching, and of His days in the laborious employment of preaching. And whilst He slept a tempest arose, and His disciples were afraid that they were in danger of perishing; but they dared not to awake Him. At last, urged by fear, they did awake Him, saying, “Lord, save us ; we perish.” And He arose, and reproached them for their little faith ; and He rebuked the sea and the winds, and the tempest subsided.
In those acts behold and contemplate our Lord, according to the general rule, which I have already laid down and committed to you. Here there is a special consideration to be added — that, although He may at times seem to be asleep and regardless both of us and of our concerns, especially when we are in tribulation, yet He is really keeping a most diligent watch over us, and guarding us. And therefore we ought always to have a firm and unhesitating faith.
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Footnotes
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S. Matt viii. 23 ; S. Mark iv. 38 ; S. Luke viii, 22. ↩