Jesus (and Peter) walk on the water.
“So Peter stepped out onto the water and began to walk toward Jesus. But when he realized how high the waves were, he became frightened and started to sink. “Save me, Lord!” he cried out. Jesus immediately stretched out His hand and lifted Him up and said, “What little faith you have! Why would you let doubt win?” Matthew 14:29-31 (TPT)
Jesus often went away alone to pray with God. This time, He sends the disciples away to a boat to go to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (Matt 14:22), but the boat gets into trouble because of the wind and is battered by the waves (v 24). Jesus appears, calmly walking on the waves (as you do)! I think anyone might have screamed, “A ghost!” But where Jesus is, we can always be brave. Peter says, “Lord, if it’s really you, then have me join you on the water!” “Come and join me,” Jesus says. So Peter STEPS OUT ONTO THE WATER AND WALKS TOWARDS JESUS. (Again, as you do!) And then worldly reality sets in, Peter takes His eyes off Jesus,realizes He's OUT ON A LAKE and is terrified! “Save me, Lord!” he cries. Jesus comes to the rescue, in His own special way, takes Peter's hand lifts him up and says, “What little faith you have! Why would you let doubt win?” I’m sure Jesus smiled lovingly at him, because Peter did an amazing thing, but he just couldn’t let go of the world and believe that all things are possible with Jesus - even after the miracles he had seen. And then Jesus brings the beautiful calm that is part of Him to instantly still the storm.
Jesus has the power to still any storm we will ever go through. In the high times, when you're full of the joy of your faith, you'll want to join Jesus and do miraculous things through Him, like Peter did, walking on water! Then something (most probably the enemy), will remind you, “Hey, you're doing something impossible, what are you thinking? YOU CAN'T DO THIS!” And faith crashes down as the stormy waters of doubt and worldly pressures distract you. And you take your eyes off Jesus and start to sink. So what do you do?
You fix your eyes on Your Savior's face and cry “Jesus, save me!” and Jesus stretches out His hand, smiles lovingly at you and says, “What little faith you have! Why would you let doubt win?”And then He saves you and calms the storms in your life. As simple as that. Friend, if you are sinking, from doubts or just from the storms of LIFE, may the Lord reach for you and help you back to His place of calm and peace. May He help you to never let doubt. May you do many amazing things, through Him and in His name, Amen.
