"And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish. And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm." Matthew 8:24-26

The lesson we must learn in our daily life is that the Lord leads us into circumstances to build our faith. Even when it seems humanly impossible, beyond every imagination of human reasoning, we must never let the circumstances overcome our faith.

Jesus used the term, "little faith," when Peter lost that single eye concept, looking at circumstances instead of Christ. Stop and picture this; Peter had faith enough to step out of the boat and out upon the water to walk unto Jesus, but he allowed the circumstances to overcome his faith. We are talking about what was seemingly established faith.

MAT 14:30-31 then says, "But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?"

So why did Peter doubt? He saw the wind and waves and became afraid. How often do we come into circumstances that overcome our faith? Do we allow circumstances to make us afraid and become filled with anxiety? Established faith will overcome the circumstances.

Jesus also used the same term as a loving rebuke in MAT 16:6-12, "Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread. Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread? Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees."

Jesus rebuke was like saying, "How long can you remember something?" They had just taken up many baskets of leftovers. Now He is talking about unbelief. They had seen Jesus feed five thousand with five loaves, and now they were worried about bread for the next meal.