Peter abandoned his ideas of what was "possible" or "natural" when he saw Jesus walking on the water. He chose to step out in faith, fully trusting Jesus. But when he took his eyes off Jesus, he "saw the wind and the waves", probably thought "this isn't supposed to be happening!!!" and began to sink. Yet a thread of faith was still revealed when he cried out "Lord, save me!" And Jesus did.
Even after we choose the “impossible” way of Christ, we will face crises of faith. We may still lose sight of what we believe. We will still stumble. We will still utter desperate, fear-filled prayers (which are nonetheless better than trying to fix the problem ourselves). Jesus still answers, and reaches out a hand. He asks us why we doubted when He was right there all along. And then He invites us to keep walking with Him, restoring us and enabling us to do greater and greater things as long as we are willing to trust again.
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ReplyDeleteSo timely Christine, thank you for processing and sharing its significance. It's interesting, too, that the those in the boat acknowledged who He was after he saved Peter... what a reminder that He's the one who saves us.
ReplyDeleteSometimes I think I'm prone to 'trust' but still ask "are you really going to help me? Are you going to save me this time? When's this going to happen, exactly?" When really, like you said, Hes been there the whole time!
True! He showed himself not just powerful, but also good. Yet so easy to lose hope when we don't know what he's doing and find it uncomfortable
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