I admire Peter for his courage and faith. Many people talk about how he took his eyes off the Lord and started to sink. I can't knock him for that. how many times have I took my eyes off of God and started sinking with out ever getting out of the boat. We all face storms and battles in are life and we all know that God is bigger then any mountain that we can or can not see. But just because we know God is bigger and just because we know God is going to take care of everything doesn't mean we don't worry form time to time. It's the storms that we go though in life that makes us who we are. Just because he can move every mountain doesn't mean he should or will. He did not keep the hebrew children from the furnace, he did not keep daniel from the lions den, and he did not keep joseph out of prison. But one thing all these men did do was they kept walking no mater the storm they went through it. we need to stop asking God to stop the storm or to move the mountain. And just start climbing it in faith.
Now back to Peter one thing that caught my attention reading this is in verse 28 And Peter answered him, "Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water." (Matthew 14:28 ESV) Peter did not just hop out of the boat and take off on his on. He asked God first. Lord if that's you tell me to come. How many times have I hoped out of the boat when I saw something I thought was God and was what I should do and ended up falling flat on my face. Why did this happen because I did not seek God first and later found out God was not in it. I have friends today who are not serving the Lord any more because the so called job that the Lord blessed them with later found out was really a curse and God was not in it. Some times a simple prayer God is that you is all you need. The hard part is when he answer yes. Then it's on you to step out that boat.
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