Fear that leads to worship

Lk 8:22-25 - One day he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side of the lake.” So they set out, and as they sailed he fell asleep. And a windstorm came down on the lake, and they were filling with water and were in danger. And they went and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” And he awoke and rebuked the wind and the raging waves, and they ceased, and there was a calm. He said to them, “Where is your faith?” And they were afraid, and they marveled, saying to one another, “Who then is this, that he commands even winds and water, and they obey him?”

The disciples were in fear of the water and the waves and of dying. They didn’t fear the God who was in the boat. God rebukes the wind and the waves and then basically equates faith with fear. If you have fear, you won’t have the faith required to believe in me in the storm. If we have faith, we will fear that which deserves to be feared, namely, God. When we have faith, our fear changes and instead of fearing the storm, we fear the one who can calm the storm. Our fear leads to worship and God is glorified.