Each day since I have given my life
to God, I have felt God calling me upon the open waters. I am someone who personally loves her comfort
zone. The idea of stepping out into the
unknown had always kept me behind, missing out on everything God had in store
for me. But then I encountered God, and
while I know that God is always a gentleman, I feel like Jonah when he was
thrown into the ocean. Except, instead
of being swallowed by a big fish, Jesus picked me up and told me to walk.
Each day I am relying on a
supernatural strength to carry me through.
I look down and feel as though I am sinking, yet when I keep my eyes on
Jesus, I am somehow walking upon the water.
Out on the water I know my feet can, and will, fail me. Yet the supernatural strength and grace of
God keeps me standing as though on solid ground.
I have never
physically walked upon water. I am
pretty sure in all of history on Peter and Jesus have done this, unless someone
else has kept their mouth shut about this accomplishment (that is a joke). Yet, I can imagine by walking on spiritual
water, the fear that must have taken hold of Peter after the initial joy and
shock of actually standing upon the water.
I mean, it says it was to the point that Peter took his eyes off of
Jesus, and started sinking. The fact
that the Bible adds that he started sinking, actually makes me thing that there
is something more to the story than the fact that Peter and Jesus were walking
on the water.
I think it
is to be reminded that even when we have gone out on the water, where feet will
fail, we have a strength to hold onto. I
look at the second verse of this song, and see where my hope lies:
Your grace abounds in deepest waters,
Your sovereign hand will be my guide.
Where feet may fail and fear surrounds
me,
You never fail, and you won’t start
now.
God has never, and will never fail
us. He calls us into these situations to
show us that only He can be our strength; that only He can allow us to walk
upon these waters. When Peter tried to
walk upon the water without the strength and faith in Jesus, he failed. We will too.
So I pray. I pray the
bridge to this song:
Spirit lead me where me trust is
without boarders.
Let me walk upon the water, wherever
you would call me.
Take me deeper than my feet could
ever wander,
and my faith will be made stronger,
in the presence of my Savior.
My prayers
echo out to God, and He is faithful to do what I have prayed. God takes us into the seasons of our lives,
where we are walking on water. There is
no solid ground anywhere in sight. We
think that boat coming towards us is Jesus rescuing us, but I think more often
than not, it is satan deceiving us. We
think the boat is our safety, when in reality, our safety is in our King
calling us out into deeper water telling us “Do not be afraid, for I am with
you. Be not dismayed for I am your
God. I will uphold you. Yes I will strengthen you with my righteous
right hand.” (Isaiah 41:10). God’s grace abounds in the struggle. God’s grace isn’t given to those who have it
all together, it is given to the lost, broken, torn down, destroyed people of
this world. It’s given to those who call
out to Jesus and ask for His help and grace.
If we could get through everything just fine, we would have no need for
God’s divine strength and grace. We need
to pray for this experience. We pray for
revelation, but are we willing to go out on the water to see it? To experience it?
