MIRACULOUS FAITH: SINKING WHEN IN DOUBT

Then Peter called to him, “Lord, if it’s really you, tell me to come to you, walking on the water.”

²⁹ “Yes, come,” Jesus said. So Peter went over the side of the boat and walked on the water toward Jesus. ³⁰ But when he saw the strong wind and the waves, he was terrified and began to sink. “Save me, Lord!” he shouted.  ³¹ Jesus immediately reached out and grabbed him. “You have so little faith,” Jesus said. “Why did you doubt me?”  ³² When they climbed back into the boat, the wind stopped.

This week has been filled with storms and moments of uncertainty.  Maybe your anxieties were regarding the election.  Maybe it's a health concern with you or a loved one.  Maybe you've had to be concerned about how you will make it from point A to point B....whatever it is.....at what point did you decide to trust God, then you found yourself doubting?  See Peter understood we can't do the impossible without Christ so when He knew it was permitted for Him to walk on water, He took the steps necessary to come to Christ.   He actually got out of the boat during the middle of the storm.  The scripture even says that he began walking toward Jesus, but it was when he began to pay attention to His surroundings instead of His savior he began to sink.

Maybe you're like me.....you've asked God can you_____________________ and He's blessed you to move, you trusted Him with a major career change.  You go from stable and predictable to, unstable and unpredictable.   You see yourself walking on the water, you even feel it underneath your feet then IT happens.  You hear about people leaving, or your hear the murmurs of gossip, and the transition that seemed of God, isn't as smooth as you thought it would be.  So you go from walking on the water to be in it....and Christ says  " Why did you doubt me _____________________________ (insert your name)?" 

Here's what I need you, the reader to understand......the minute you start pay attention to your present (2 Cor. 4:17  For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever!) circumstances instead of Jesus at work in your life, you will find yourself overwhelmed with your circumstances.  

So let's learn of the mistake of Peter and others and choose today to TRUST CHRIST (remember CHRIST ORDAINED for YOU TO DO GREATER THINGS in HIM) with our co-workers, our spouse, our job, our church, finances, our health, our vehicular issues, whatever our present troubles are......and choose to focus on LOVING GOD & OTHERS during the midst of the storm.  LGLP