Friday, November 16, 2018

Friday, November 16, 2018

TIM Good morning, I’m Tim Wise, Senior Adult Minister and Sanctuary Choir Director at Central. In Matthew 14, the author tells the story of Jesus walking on the water. Amazed and surprised, Peter calls out to Jesus and says, “Lord, if it is you, then call me to come to you.” Jesus does so, and Peter begins walking on the water to Jesus. But then he gets overwhelmed with fear at the storm around him, and he begins to sink. Jesus reaches his hand out and pulls Peter out of the water and says, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?” So, why did Peter begin to sink? He lost his faith, he began to doubt, he got scared, and he took his eyes off of Jesus. Now, let's give Peter some benefit of the doubt here…put yourself in his position. Can you blame him for getting scared and losing faith and not trusting in this guy that they are still really getting to know? Of course, we can’t blame him because we do it ourselves! When we as followers of Jesus take our eyes off of Jesus, we begin to sink as well. But praise be to God for Jesus who reaches out and picks us right back up and pulls us out of the water. We are humans and we are going to have doubt. It's in our nature. And then…when we turn our eyes upon Jesus…and look full in his wonderful face, the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of his glory and grace.

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