Intimacy With GodSample

Faith is spelled R-I-S-K. If you play it safe, you may avoid embarrassment, but you won’t walk on water. Think about the time Jesus bid Peter to come to Him by walking on the water. When Jesus said, “Come,” Peter heard the invitation and acted on it in faith. Now, what do you think happened when Peter stuck his foot over the side of the boat and into the water? I don’t imagine that the water felt like it was a solid surface. I think when Peter put his foot over the side of the boat, it just went into the water. I believe that the miracle did not happen until Peter put both feet into the water and began to walk. We will not see the miracle with one foot still in the boat because we are not exercising our faith until we are 100 percent committed to the thing that Jesus tells us to do—when we know there is no turning back.

It wasn’t until Peter let go of his faith and began thinking about the reality of his situation that he almost drowned (Matt. 14:30). I read a sermon on this once. The point of the sermon was that if we take risks based on faith, risks that are outside of the norm of the church, we are bound to fail because we do not have the church behind us. We are supposed to stay inside the church, stained glass windows and all, so to speak. I don’t agree with this. I think it is the other way around. It is when we are willing to take risks—based on faith and in obedience to God’s instructions—that His glory is released in the miraculous. Other than Jesus, Peter is the only person in the Bible to have walked on water. Now that is miraculous!

Prayer:

Lord, I know You have called me to do wonderful things in Your name. Please be with me and give me courage when I begin to doubt. Amen.