The first two words of the Creed are “I believe”.
Of course, in both versions of the Creed, we profess our faith in God.
So to begin the profession of faith with those two words “I believe”, it is essentially a personal declaration.
And each individual of the faith community declares and professes in the faith of the Church.
At the same time, it is also a declaration of what we believe about God, that He loves us, that He cares for us and that He will protect us.
In the gospel, when the disciples encountered the storm while they were in the boat, they panicked.
But surprisingly, Jesus, who was also in the boat, was fast asleep. It seems that all the chaos didn’t even wake Him up.
Of course, the disciples were flabbergasted and we can imagine them shouting at Jesus: Master, do you not care? We are going down!
When the storms of life hit us and chaos is raging around and we are sinking fast, we will also shout at God “Do you not care?”
But let us remember Jesus sleeping in the boat, sleeping through the storm, and that was to tell us that He knows that God will protect and save them.
In storms and in chaos, let us whisper and repeat those words “I believe in God”.
Let us believe that God will still the storm and calm the chaos, because He loves us and He will save us.