“Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. ‘It’s a ghost, ’ they said and cried out in fear.
Immediately Jesus comforted them ,saying it was He. However, Peter asked to walk on the water also. Indeed, Jesus called him.
“Then Peter got out of the boat, walked on the water and came towards Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and ,beginning to sink, he cried out, ‘Lord, save me!’
“Immediately Jesus reached out His hand and caught him.” ‘You of little faith,’ he said, ‘why did you doubt?’ “-Mathew 14 : 25-32.
Many a time we start by noticing people do certain things that we feel we can do also. However, in the course, we see the tumultuous wind rocking that situation. Then we fear and ‘begin to sink.’ Failure dawns.
You lose all the hope you had initially. You forget all that motivated you to venture into that particular activity. You face reality and fail to cope. Failure to cope implies no other alternative but to begin to sink.
It could be in business. Once you begin to fear that you will make losses, you begin to sink. The whole business simply crumbles. Just like losing sight of Jesus, instead of you to optimistically look at better ways of doing business and making more profit, you concentrate on why your business should fail. Certainly, it will sink.
It could be your marriage relationship that is faced by some windy rocky situation. When you fear that wind, you begin to sink. Instead of focusing on the problem pay all your attention to the solutions of your marriage and it will stay afloat.
Some people who were not supposed to be in graves at all died because they had become fearful in various situations ; forgetting what had made them live up to that time. Once a certain diagnosis was given to them, they lost all their hope. Fear had overwhelmingly taken over. Some patients who have not written any wills start sharing their estate verbally right at the bedside!
When you see the wind, do not fear and lose faith. That is the time you are supposed to look at Jesus and demonstrate faith in Him as the savior of the world ; Indeed, your personal savior.
You should have hope and not forget the call to ‘walk on the water’ when you see the wind. In a precarious situation, that is when you are supposed draw closer to your saviour for salvation. Nothing shall separate you from the love of Christ. Do not fear at all. Have faith in God and the God-given victorious abilities in all adverse situations.
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