Sometime it feels like the circumstances of life are pulling me down. Like I’m sinking…even drowning sometimes. Some days, I am just treading water.
I keep thinking about Peter walking on water(thanks to pastor A). I keep thinking about that water…I wonder how far he sunk before he cried out to the Lord, before he refocused his eyes on the Lord.
Then, I think about myself, and how I feel like life is that water that Peter walked on. The troubles and circumstances that frighten me. The people who are like those waves, seeking to push me and knock me off balance, even make me fall and sink! Things that happen, that I don’t understand, like that wind Peter saw all around him, pushing, causing confusion, entangling me.
How bad am I willing to let things get before I cry out to he Lord and refocus my eyes on Him?!?!?! If my eyes are on the Lord, I can live above those circumstances.
Now in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went to them, walking on the sea. And when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, “It is a ghost!” And they cried out for fear.
But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Be of good cheer! It is I; do not be afraid.”
And Peter answered Him and said, “Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.”
So He said, “Come.” And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus. But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!”
And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him, and said to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?”Matthew 14:25-31
Oh, that my faith was bigger, that I could keep my eyes on Him and live above these things that dishearten me! What life would be like if I chose to walk on water!