Matthew 14:31  Jesus immediately reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him, "You of little faith, why did you doubt?"

When Jesus heard Peter's cry for help, he immediately grasped him and pulled him up, Matthew writes. This was an act of grace - the same grace that was extended in Jesus' outstretched arms on the cross for us all. But faith is that which grasps this grace. Faith means that we trust our Lord is there to save us. Faith is our having the promise of our Lord, even now.

In contrast to the boldness Peter often displayed, his faith in this moment is called little. And the reason for that contrast is because of Peter's obvious doubt that the presence of Jesus is mightier than the power of the wind and waves. How much do we also suffer such "little faith" now and then?

Still, through Christ, we come to understand that it is not the size of our faith that matters but the object of our faith: Jesus Christ. It is he who rescues us from our sure and certain doom in order to give us a sure and certain hope through his death and resurrection.

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