I want to look at Matthew 14:22-29

22 Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. 23 After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Later that night, he was there alone, 24and the boat was already a considerable distance from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it.

25 Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. 26When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out in fear.

27But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”

28“Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.”

29“Come,” he said.

Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. 30But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!”

31Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?”

32 And when they climbed into the boat, the wind died down. 33 Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”

I love Peter had so much faith that he  stepped out of the boat and began to walk on water. I wish that only for a moment i could have that much faith. I also see how when things got a little harder and winds came that peter didn’t expect to come he immediately became afraid and lost the faith in Christ that kept him from sinking. That happens to me so much in my life. I’m filled with the spirit I am ready to go but when something comes my way that I didn’t expect. When things become harder than I expected I lose faith in him I turn my eyes off him and I begin to sink. I’ve heard this message taught a million different ways. so most of you have heard this a time or two in your lives. But I see something here I have’nt noticed before.  lets look back at verse 28 and 29.

28“Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.”

29“Come,” he said.

Notice Peter already had to be aware that he needed faith to come in the water. But when he told Jesus if it is you tell me to come in the water Jesus said come. He didn’t say okay hold your leg this way and put your hands that way make sure to balance more on your left than on your right. No he said none of that. There was no system, there was no process. Jesus simply said Come. That was it. Peter desired to come out on the water with Christ. He knew if it was truly him he could walk on the water too.

I think that too many times in our life we get caught up in processes and how too’s and forget the fact that Christ just said come. Is it really that simple. We have these desires of our heart to serve the lord. We jump out of the boat and go towards him. We want to fulfill his will. However when a storm comes in the middle of it all we try to do things another way. We lose faith in the fact that all we have to do is keep our eyes on him. Peter looked away from Christ. Then he began to sink. i bet he started thinking of another way to stay above water so to speak.

I am not saying that processes are all bad. I have gone through a lot of processes to get rid of the junk in my heart and mind so that I can be closer to Christ. I’m just saying we as christians tend to make things harder than they have to be. We stay stuck in these processes and forget that Jesus just said Come. And don’t forget that when peter lost faith and began to sink. ?He cryed out to Jesus save me lord. Imediately Jesus did. We will lose faith. We will take our eyes off Christ. But we can immediately cry out for him to save us and he will. Just as soon as we stop haveing more faith in him than the Process.

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