Therefore I exhort you, be imitators of me

 Good morning. Remember that Jesus had given orders that they should depart to the other side (of the lake). While Jesus was asleep in the boat, there arose a great storm, so that the boat was covered with the waves. This was no afternoon shower; it was one of those “make the palm trees bend over and touch the ground" kind of storms. And Jesus just slept through it! He had confidence in His Father to protect Him. The disciples, however, were not confident. They were focusing on the circumstances and not on the word Jesus had given them. They awoke Jesus saying, “save us, Lord; we are perishing!” Jesus had told them to go to the other side; so they should've been confident that they would make it. They did not even think about all of the miracles that Jesus had just finished doing. But even if they had, they probably would've said “well that was one thing, this is something entirely different”. The same thing happens to us. God tells us to do something, and a storm arises. We look at the circumstances, instead of focusing on what God has told us to do. If God told us to do something, then we know that it will take place, as long as we keep our eyes on Him and not on the storm trying to sink us. Jesus asks them, “why are you timid, you men of little faith?”  Jesus arose, rebuked the winds and the sea; and it became perfectly calm. That is what the disciples should've done – and that is what we should do. They marveled that even the winds and the sea obeyed Jesus. They had gained no insight into just who Jesus was. Father thank You that when You tell the reader to do something, he/she does it, and rebukes the storms that come against him/her. He/she makes it to the other side.