2 Chronicles 7:14
…”if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”
In this third part of Transformational knowledge, we learn we need to trust and obey.
When Christ said ‘Come’, Peter put his trust in God and climbed out of the boat. He didn’t let fear or the natural circumstances stop him. He obeyed Christ’s call, and into the water he went. Faith is always expressed by obedience to Christ, and unbelief by disobedience.
Peter put his confidence in Christ’s Word, and didn’t look at his own inability to walk on water.
God’s grace is sufficient for us. He isn’t expecting us to do anything on our own: “Apart from Me, you can do nothing.” He will amply supply us with all the grace and strength we need to do His will: “My grace is sufficient for you.”
When Jesus said “come”, Peter put all his trust in God and went. His confidence was based solely on Christ’s word, not in his own strength.How many times did I believe this and tried to put my confidence before the God of the universe.
In, Christ’s command is His promise to enable us, for He knows we are but dust and unable to do anything apart from Him.
We can do whatever God asks us to do!
His command is the highest possible evidence that we can do it. Just as Peter possessed no natural ability to walk on water, so we are often called by God into areas we have no natural ability lack the very tools necessary for life. I need God to supply all my needs to heal relationships and to give me the ability I lack sometimes to wait on him for his answer.
Obedience to the calling of God will often take us into realms we have no natural strength for completing the action on our own. Scripture has many commands that we are often unable to fulfill on our own.
But that same word of God also promises us every provision we need to keep His word and to be holy, pleasing Him in every way.
He knows how weak we are and our confidence needs to be solely on His word, and if we earnestly seek Him with all of our hearts and call out to Him faithfully, He will hear us and give “grace to help us in our time of need.” But His grace is promised only to do His will.
Many Christians burn out because they are trying to do things God never asked them to. God never promised to strengthen us for things He hasn’t asked us to do.
When Peter was still in the boat, there was no visible way for him to walk on the water. Christ didn’t show Peter a hardened path in the water first, or give him a detailed explanation of how it was going to work out.
God makes the way as we go. HE leads me down the path, not me
Only after Peter stepped out and walked towards Jesus did he see how God would make the way as He firmed up the water under his feet.
Faith obeys God by getting out of the boat when commanded to do so, and then trusts God to make the way as we go.
Just as Peter walked on water, Lord enable me to do whatever YOU ask me to do. The faith that walks on water and trusts in the Lord is the faith needed today on the Adventure in Middle Grove.
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