Our paragraph topic is: (Peter walks on the water) Part 2.
Peter saw the ghost. Peter heard the voice of Christ. Peter believed that it was he. Peter took courage and discarded his fear. Peter wanted to know that what he saw was real. He wanted to believe that what he saw the Messiah, the Christ walking on water. So, he challenged, Christ if it is you then command that I come to you. Christ if it is you, then command that I come to you over the water. Christ if it is you then command that "I" walk on water just as you are walking on water. And Christ said, "Come."
Christ did not say, think about it. Christ did not say maybe. Christ did not say, well you can not do this. Christ said, "Come." And that command made Peter believe that he could come. Christ's command told Peter that he was given the power through Christ to walk on water. That command told Peter that he heard Christ say that he could. And hearing brought faith, and faith brought courage, and courage brought the action that made Peter move from the boat to the water. At first it was trembling and then action. Then there was the first step onto the water, the challenging step, the step of proof. And finally the proof of his feet touching the water and the water pushed back against his feet to hold him up. Such things the eyes have not beheld. Such things the body has not felt. Such things the mind has not conceived. And such things the heart has not felt as that moment when Peter took the first step and stood on water. And the rush of truth pervaded his body, his mind and his heart as he stood there. Then he took the next step and put the other foot out to take another step on the water, and the water pushed back holding him up. The truth took hold of him and he took another step, and another and another. And his heart was filled with the joy and the happiness and the awareness of what he was doing. Then Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water to come to Jesus.
He did not stumble out of the boat. He did not fall out of the boat. He got out of the boat as he normally does and he walked on the water. He placed one foot in front of the other and he walked on the water. He was confident. He was bold. He was knowing, for he was walking on the water as he saw Christ walking on the water and he was joyous. For Christ had commanded him. Christ had told him what to do. Christ had given him the authority to walk on the water. Christ had placed within him a memory that would never leave him. Christ had given him an experience that would last his entire life. Christ had shown him and demonstrated to him that he was the Son of Man and God was his father. For what man could do such as Christ had done. What man could command as Christ had commanded. What man could perform such miracles as Christ had completed. And all the disciples were his witness. For they all saw. They all were in awe. They all felt the realism of what was taking place with Peter walking on the water. Can you believe?
Christ calls us today to believe. Christ commands us to walk on water as Peter did. For we asked him to save us. We asked him to heal us. We asked him to provide for us. We asked him to protect us from our enemies. But do you believe that he will do these things for us? Do you know within yourself that he will do all these things for us? Peter had faith. Peter had hope. Peter heard the command and he got out of the boat. Do you hear the command, "COME"? Will you get out of the boat of life and leave the world behind that Christ may show you how to walk on water?
Peter saw the ghost. Peter heard the voice of Christ. Peter believed that it was he. Peter took courage and discarded his fear. Peter wanted to know that what he saw was real. He wanted to believe that what he saw the Messiah, the Christ walking on water. So, he challenged, Christ if it is you then command that I come to you. Christ if it is you, then command that I come to you over the water. Christ if it is you then command that "I" walk on water just as you are walking on water. And Christ said, "Come."
Christ did not say, think about it. Christ did not say maybe. Christ did not say, well you can not do this. Christ said, "Come." And that command made Peter believe that he could come. Christ's command told Peter that he was given the power through Christ to walk on water. That command told Peter that he heard Christ say that he could. And hearing brought faith, and faith brought courage, and courage brought the action that made Peter move from the boat to the water. At first it was trembling and then action. Then there was the first step onto the water, the challenging step, the step of proof. And finally the proof of his feet touching the water and the water pushed back against his feet to hold him up. Such things the eyes have not beheld. Such things the body has not felt. Such things the mind has not conceived. And such things the heart has not felt as that moment when Peter took the first step and stood on water. And the rush of truth pervaded his body, his mind and his heart as he stood there. Then he took the next step and put the other foot out to take another step on the water, and the water pushed back holding him up. The truth took hold of him and he took another step, and another and another. And his heart was filled with the joy and the happiness and the awareness of what he was doing. Then Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water to come to Jesus.
He did not stumble out of the boat. He did not fall out of the boat. He got out of the boat as he normally does and he walked on the water. He placed one foot in front of the other and he walked on the water. He was confident. He was bold. He was knowing, for he was walking on the water as he saw Christ walking on the water and he was joyous. For Christ had commanded him. Christ had told him what to do. Christ had given him the authority to walk on the water. Christ had placed within him a memory that would never leave him. Christ had given him an experience that would last his entire life. Christ had shown him and demonstrated to him that he was the Son of Man and God was his father. For what man could do such as Christ had done. What man could command as Christ had commanded. What man could perform such miracles as Christ had completed. And all the disciples were his witness. For they all saw. They all were in awe. They all felt the realism of what was taking place with Peter walking on the water. Can you believe?
Christ calls us today to believe. Christ commands us to walk on water as Peter did. For we asked him to save us. We asked him to heal us. We asked him to provide for us. We asked him to protect us from our enemies. But do you believe that he will do these things for us? Do you know within yourself that he will do all these things for us? Peter had faith. Peter had hope. Peter heard the command and he got out of the boat. Do you hear the command, "COME"? Will you get out of the boat of life and leave the world behind that Christ may show you how to walk on water?
