Walk On Water 

“Oh what I would do to have

The kind of faith it takes

 To climb out of this boat I’m in

Onto the crashing waves.

  (“Voice of Truth” lyrics by Mark Hall and Steven Curtis Chapman)

 

Peter stepped out the boat and walked on the water toward Jesus.  But he became frightened of the wind and waves and began to sink (Matt 14: 25 – 31).  He took His eyes off Jesus and began to wonder and doubt.

How many times does Jesus ask us to step out of the boat and come to Him in difficult situations?  How many times do we doubt and fail to go to Him?  He assures us over and over of His faithfulness and asks from us our faith in Him.  When we question, when we doubt, when we don’t have faith, we can never fully answer His call.

Life is full of challenges, some easily overcome, some nearly impossible.  We must remember that nothing is impossible when we place our trust in Jesus.  The problem comes when we begin to question what He is asking, to fear our own inadequacies.  If we don’t have faith we will, like Peter, sink in our worldly concerns and worries.

The evil one tells us we can’t, we aren’t worthy, we don’t deserve the love of God.  He says we are sinners who don’t deserve redemption.  And sometimes we begin to believe him.  We forget the promises of Christ.  Or maybe we remember them but have doubts and questions.  Satan wins when we can’t or won’t place our total trust in Jesus.

I’ll close with another verse from the song by Casting Crowns.  Perhaps it will help give us the courage to answer Christ’s call:

 

“The voice of truth says, ‘Do not be afraid!’

The voice of truth says, ‘This is for My glory!’

Out of all the voices calling out to me

I will choose to listen and believe the voice of truth.”