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The Moments We Walk on Water

I feel like Peter walking on water.

I’ve grabbed hold to the promises God has made me but halfway through the journey I let the logic of what I think I know and people have told me talk me out of who God has proven Himself to be and I begin to sink. Matthew 14:22-33

I am pessimistic to my core. It’s an oxymoron to how I should be as a believer but I’ve been taught to view the glass as perpetually half empty. This can keep you expectations tempered but also strangle the life out of your dreams.

Mind you I’m a dreamer. I know, it’s like how can that be? Because I know in my heart that God performs miracles everyday. I just often don’t believe they will come true for me. So I dream.

When in my darkest nights I dream about the house God told me I’d have. Like Peter it energizes me and then I take the step out of the boat. I ride that high. Taking steps toward it. But then something happens that takes my eyes off of Christ (the wind) and I begin to sink. It can be crippling.

But I fight it because when I read God's Word I'm reminded that Jesus is in the boat, He's on the water. All it takes is one outstretched hand from God. All it takes is one touch from God. One Word from His lips and the sinking ceases, the storm calms, everything is alright.

We all have and will have these walk on water moments. Just don't get stuck on the sinking, God won't let you drown. We are victors even in the midst of strife. We just need enough faith to believe, to step out on the water and walk. God will carry us through. Just keep your eyes fixed on Him. Eliminate the distractions. Persevere. Our faith is what makes our dreams come true.

The Unlikely Missionary
DHW


Ever singing, march we onward, Victors in the midst of strife, Joyful music leads us Sunward In the triumph song of life.

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