A Thought About Walking Above The Waves

  Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him 

"You of little faith," he said, "why did you doubt?" 

Matthew 14:31

This morning I was reading from Matthew 14 about the story of Peter walking on the water.  The water was calm as Peter got out of the boat and started to walk towards the Lord.  However, as Peter began to think about the potential danger out on the water, he got scared and started to sink.  When he cried out for the Lord, Jesus immediately reached out to rescue him.
That is very much how it is in the Christian life.  When we keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, it makes it possible to walk through the storms and stay above the wind and the waves of problems and hardships that come our way.  With Jesus by our side those terrible trials won't get the best of us.  But as soon as we take our eyes off him and instead only see the dangerous winds and waves of life's difficulties, we begin to sink
The wonderful thing is that each time we call for Jesus to help us, he will be right there waiting patiently to lift us up again.