DOUBTING precedes DROWNING..!!

Let’s read Matthew 14: 31

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

Matthew 14:22-33 describes the incident of Jesus walking on the water. The disciples saw Jesus walking on water and they were terrified, assuming Him to be a “ghost”. Peter wanted to test the authenticity of the one walking on water but ended up realising the authenticity of his own faith. 

After Jesus said “COME”, Peter got out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. Peter was walking toward Jesus, BUT HE SAW THE WIND. Instead of fixing his attention on Jesus, he was distracted and disturbed by the wind. He started to sink when his Fear about the wind started to increase and his Faith in Jesus started to decrease. Peter’s DOUBT & LITTLE FAITH could not keep him afloat for long. “Lord, save me!” was his cry of Fear, not of Faith. Immediately Jesus came to Peter’s rescue and saved him from drowning. 

If only Peter had made a “cry of Faith” as soon as he stepped on the water. He should have cried out saying “Lord, I BELIEVE IT IS YOU because I am able to stand on water and I will walk towards you without fear..!”. Instead he was distracted by the wind. Anything or anyone other than Jesus is a “wind” that is both distracting and disturbing. We are to fix our eyes on Jesus and Jesus alone. He is our strength. He alone should be our only way and our only destination..!!

“...let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith” (Hebrews 12:1b, 2a).

DOUBT makes you SINK; FAITH makes you WALK..!