Matthew 14:28-31

Peace to you my brothers and sisters.

Today’s Bible Verse: [Matthew 14:28-31 KJV] And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. And immediately Jesus stretched forth [his] hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?

When Peter saw Jesus walking on the water his faith kicked into high gear, so high that he could join Jesus walking on water. But, when Peter realized where he was and what he was doing, doubt creeped in and he began to sink and needed to be rescued by Jesus.

All of us who believe in Jesus Christ as Savior have been there, too. We believe, but we get our eyes off the Lord and onto the trial that looms before us. If you put a penny close to your eye, it will block out the brilliance of the sun. If you let a trial consume your vision, it will block the glorious power of the Almighty God.

Take a look at Zacharias in Luke 1. He is working in the temple when Gabriel appears and gives him the promise of a son. Zacharias should have been filled with joy because this is what he and Elizabeth had been praying for every day for years but he also knew that he and his wife were advanced in years and this was an impossibility.

[Luke 1:18-20 KJV] And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years. And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings. And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.

We know the rest of the story and also know that all things are possible for God.

We know that even the righteous struggle with doubt. We should also know that the root of doubt is not a lack of evidence, but the root is in our fallen nature. The solution is to open our eyes and see that God always does what he says that He will do.

He said that we would have a savior and we do through Jesus. God came in the flesh to suffer, die, and resurrect for us. His resurrection defeated the final enemy, death. Even though we may die a physical death, we will not die the spiritual death in the lake of fire because of what Jesus did for us. When doubt creeps in, we need to remember this and believe.

Go forth and spread this good news.

I hope this has been a blessing to you. May the rest of your day be blessed. Peace.