“Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, trust also in me.”
Let me set up this scene for you – Jesus had just performed an incredible miracle – he took a small loaf of bread and fish and fed 5,000 people! The people got the idea that Jesus would make a wonderful king. Obviously if he could take a little bread and fish and feed 5,000 think about what he could do for an army or better yet a whole country. So the people wanted to make him King and Jesus told him that he wasn’t that kind of king.
It’s very probable that the disciples thought that was a great idea also and they wanted to see Jesus made into the king. Jesus has to tell them no and to get into the boat, it was time to move on.
Give up your ideas of power and glory, trust me on this guys, get into the boat.
It is an act of trust and obedience.
It is an act of trust and obedience.
When they get into the boat, it is still light outside. Remember, many of these guys are professional fisherman, so they were familiar with boats. But when an intense storm blows up in the middle of the night, they don’t think they are going to make it. In the midst of this storm, however, Jesus comes to the disciples, now afraid thinking they are seeing a ghost. To prove he says who he says he is, Jesus asks them to get out of the boat…to walk on water.
Can you imagine the amount of courage it would take for Peter, or any of the other disciples, to step out of that boat, into a stormy sea, to go after what appears to be a ghost? That’s a pretty big step of faith, and that’s what I want to encourage each of you to consider – becoming a water walker. Whatever your “boat” is, what will it take to get you to step out of it and walk into the plans that God has waiting for you?
I can’t tell you how excited I am for you. I have no doubt that it’s not by accident that you found this devotional. It’s not by accident that you’re reading it today.
God’s calling you, he’s prompting you, He’s placing dreams and ideas into your heart. The question is, will you trust him?
Over the next few days, I’ll be sharing with you 6 things that I think every future water walker needs to know in order to get out of the boat. I hope by the end of this, you’ll be considering taking that first step of faith and becoming a water walker.
-Pete
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