The Faith to Walk on Water

Growing up in San Diego, my absolute favorite place was the beach. There is something so peaceful and calming about being there. The best time by far is early morning, before the sun rises and before the crowds come. If you get there early enough you can still smell the salt in the sea, and the breeze is so refreshing and it feels like it just wraps around you. Watching the sun rise has to be the best part of all. All the wonderful colors emerging and the sun shining on the sea, it is magical. My favorite part is paddling out past the surf on my board and just sitting and facing the horizon. It is the most calming place I know of. All you see is endless water and gorgeous sky. It truly is the work of God’s hands. Being out there I see Him more clearly and I feel Him in a way I can’t anywhere else. 
I suppose that is why my favorite passage in Scripture is found in Matthew 14:22-33 when Jesus walks on water. How many times I wished I could have done that as well. This display of power is so amazing in multiple ways. This passage brings to light not only His Godly power, but it brings for the realization that He saves us every day for He never leaves us. 

A Treasured Gift 

This is just one of the gifts that we find in the Bible to us. Jesus has been working in people’s lives for a while now, and at this part of the Gospels we find Him in a new light. We have seen Jesus perform miracles, healing the sick and dying, we have seen Him teach and speak in parables. We have even seen Him calm a storm and heal demon possessed people and create baskets and baskets of food out of just two fish and five loaves of bread. However, we have not seen Him complete a task as bold and as amazing as the one seen here. He is actually walking on water. 
What a gift we are being given here. We have seen Him perform amazing feats, yet somehow this one stands out among the rest, at least for me. Growing up around the water I guess this gives me a different perspective of all of this. Have you ever put your hand on top of the water? Feel it moving and gliding under you. It is easy to hold your hand above the water level, but if you let your hand fall, if you just relax, there would be no way for you to keep that hand above water. It will always sink, always. 
Now here, we see Jesus actually walking on water. It is a performance in a league of its own. It displays His power in such a new light and it guides us towards Him like a moth to a flame. 
If we have become stale, use to the same miracles and stories, this one is sure to capture your heart. It is truly a gift to us. Becoming stale is easy, we let our head get in the way of our hearts and by doing so we overlook what God does every day. Reading a story like this can be a refresher. It can reaffirm His power in our lives. It is easy to forget just how mighty He is. This story should change our hearts on that one. Never let yourself forget just how great He is in our lives. He can do anything, He will do anything to save us, even if we do not feel worthy of being saved.