Storms of Life

We've all heard messages about Peter walking on the water.  But I recently heard some things I'd not thought of before...

First of all, while the disciples all piled into the boat, Jesus was spending time alone in prayer to his heavenly father.  Jesus - the Son of God - was praying.  How much more than do I need to spend time alone with God??

Secondly, a storm came upon the disciples, even though they were exactly where Jesus told them to be - they were doing God's will at that moment in time.  Sometimes God sends the storms to get our attention because we are out of God's will - but sometimes God uses the storms for other reasons.

Not only that, but God knows my storms.  They may take me by surprise, but God is never surprised.

Fast forward to Peter walking on the water.  Notice that as he's walking toward Jesus, scripture says, Peter "saw" the winds boisterous...he obviously wasn't looking at Jesus, he was looking at the waves and temptest around him!    His focus became his circumstances, not his Lord.

Circumstances - those nasty things you see when you take your eyes off the Lord.

And there's more to be learned from this passage, but I am out of time for today...tune in tomorrow for Part 2!  :-)

~Tammy~