When evening came, he was there alone, but the boat by this time was many furlongs distant from the land, beaten by the waves; for the wind was against them.
And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea.
But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, saying, "It is a ghost!" And they cried out for fear. But immediately he spoke to them, saying, "Take heart, it is I; have no fear." And Peter answered him, "Lord, if it is you, bid me come to you on the water." He said, "Come." So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus; but when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, "Lord, save me." Jesus immediately reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him, "O man of little faith, why did you doubt?"
And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased. And those in the boat worshiped him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God."
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A lot of times FEAR cuases me to fall away from God's plan for me - from His blessings and call. Some of this fear is irrational, some of it is from insecurity and self-destructive, sometimes it is a rational fear that God says "dude - I got your back- go".
ReplyDeleteBut I don't. A friend of mine said to me that when we fear or worry - in reality it's just that we are not trusting God enough and totally surrendering to Him. And I believe this to be the truth. God says perfect love drives out all fear - and His love is perfect.
So why do I sink? Cuase I stop focusing on Him and loving Him. I let the Fear become my god and worship by shying away, crumbling, rejecting myself and God's grace, falling into sin, doubting His love.
So what does this have to do with dieing - well it is funny - dieing to myself and my fears - means truly living. To live you have to die. and only in dieing this death can I have freedom. Only in dieing this death can I be who He has created me to be and do what He has created for me to do. See - I recently discovered - I don't need to figure out who I am ... I am not the music I listen to, the fattness I carry, my looks, my hurts, my dreams, I am not my sin or the good things. I am who I am - and it is who he created me to be - and I can only discover this by loving Him, being in relationship with Him, surrendering to Him and having Him show me. So in dieing not only do I discover Life - but I discover MY LIFE - WHO I AM as I get to know the Great I AM.