Bible Studies

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Peter answered, "Lord, if it is you, order me to come to you on the water."
Jesus said, "Come!" So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water toward Jesus.
But when he noticed how strong the wind was, he became afraid and started to sink. He shouted, "Lord, save me!"
Immediately, Jesus reached out, caught hold of him, and said, "You have so little faith! Why did you doubt?"
When they got into the boat, the wind stopped blowing.
The men in the boat bowed down in front of Jesus and said, "You are truly the Son of God." [Mathew 14:28-33]

This is one of the beautiful stories recorded in the Gospel of Mathew. To me, every story in the Bible has a meaning for us and guidance for our personal lives. There are three parts recorded in the passage.

1. Peter asking Jesus for permission to come to Him.
2. Peter faces the storm.
3. Jesus calms the storm.

The most beautiful part of Peter's life is how he followed Jesus and showed his faith in Jesus. When seeing Jesus walking on water, he asked Jesus if he could walk over water and come to Jesus. This is indeed a great show of faith by Peter. Although, Peter, a fisherman by profession, would have surely known how to swim but would have certainly never walked on water. Who can walk on water? Even for Moses and Israelites, God parted the Red Sea and did not command them to walk over the sea. This indeed is a great example of faith shown by Peter.

Similary while following Jesus, whatever hurdle we may face, water or fire, we must follow Jesus and try to come to Him with all our heart and soul like Peter.

While walking towards Jesus, Peter found how strong the wind was, and he got afraid and called out to Jesus to save him. Now when we try to walk towards Jesus, we face hurdles by satan. Satan does not want us to walk to Jesus because one step taken towards Jesus makes satan lose the battle. These hurdles may be in any form or shape.

Now comes the most interesting part, Peter calls Jesus to save him, and Jesus, immediately reached out and brought Peter to the safety of the boat and then commanded the wind to stop. The most ineteresting part is that while Jesus was holding the hand of Peter, Peter and Jesus were in the storm. After making sure that Peter is in the safety of the boat, Jesus commanded to storm to fade out.

Similalry, while facing hardships, we sometimes think that God has forgotten about us. No, He never does, He always brings us out of the big and small storms and ensures that we are safe and then He rebukes the storm/s.

"When you pass through waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze" [Isaiah 43:2]

What a wonderful God the Father we serve in the Spirit through our only Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

In our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ

Waqar Daniel
http://www.christian-talk.forumotion.com

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