Our paragraph topic is: (Peter walks on the water) Part 5.
Peter was sinking into the water and doubt was taking over. He had questioned. He had wondered how. He had opened the door for everything to came in, doubt, fear, anxiety, and darkness. Christ had said to him, "Come." And he got out of the boat and he was coming to Christ. He was walking on water. He was filled with excitement, joy, exhilaration. He was walking on water. But then he began to sink. He began to fear. He began to allow doubt to come in. And he called to Christ for help. Peter was a fisherman and his livelihood was made in and on the water. So he was not afraid of water, he knew how to swim. He knew how to tread water. He knew how to survive on the water. But he called to Christ to save him because he was sinking.
What was the strange feeling of sinking when one has just experienced the feeling of walking on water? The water was solid as the ground. The water pushed back when Peter took a step. The water was hard and firm as a rock. But then the water become soft. The water began to give way. And Peter began to sink. Why did he fear? Why did he doubt? Why did he open himself up to the questions of the flesh when his spirit and his heart were filled with joy? He called to Christ for help and Christ reached out and lifted him up and together they walked back to the boat. Together they walked on the water, back to the boat.
Peter was broken. He could not understand what had happened. One moment he was walking on water and the next he was sinking as in quicksand. You see, with the coming of doubt the water changed from solid to semisolid, like quicksand, and then back to the consistency of water. It did not change from solid to water at once. There was a gradual transition which made the sinking feel like quicksand and not like water. And Peter did not know how to accept this transition. So he called out to Christ for help. And Christ admonished him that the doubt was the cause of his sinking. The doubt opened the door to fear and with coming of fear the miracle stopped. And when they got into the boat, the wind fell.
Peter was in shock. His emotions and his feelings were in disarray. He walked on water. What a joy! Then he sank as in quicksand. He was high one moment and low the next. He was in joy and ecstasy one minute and deep fear and doubt the next. How do you experience such extremes? And yet the miracle took place. All, witnessed it. The disciples in the boat were in ecstasy also. What they witnessed happened before their eyes. The waves were high and they came crashing into the boat. The boat was filling with water, more water was coming in than they could bail out and they were afraid of drowning. And then Christ came walking on the water. They forgot about the water and watched in amazement as Peter walked on the water. They also watched in fear as he begin to sink. But Christ saved him. And then they knew. They experienced it within themselves. No one could tell them otherwise. They saw it, they believed it and they knew it. This was the Messiah, this was the Son of God became man. And they were with him. They were before him. They were in him and he was in them. But they who were in the boat came and worshipped saying, "Truly thou art the Son of God."
That was then, 2000 years ago, and this is now 2011. Christ left the world and returned to his father and the world returned to itself. For we are in the world and the world is in us. From the time we are born the world takes over. It tells us how to think, how to eat, how to act, how to live, how to love, how to enjoy, how to believe, how to fear, how to doubt, the world is in us and we become the world.
The young ones grow up with the world in them. They do not grow up with Christ. Even though they receive the traditional upbringings in a church or a religious environment, most do not grow up with Christ in them and the knowledge of the Holy Spirit. For the knowledge of Christ in not in them or in their parents and the joy and love of the Holy Spirit is unknown. So they are swollowed up into the world and there they remain until they are called.
Where does it all begin? Can we look to our parents? Are we the offspring of our parents, they are in the world and so are we? Where does the cycle end? Christ said, "Come!" Christ opened the door. Christ is our example and the Holy Spirit is our guide. The disciples saw it and affirmed the truth. When will we see it and know the truth. The spirit awaits your awakening. Open the door, say goodbye to the world and say hello to him. Your miracle awaits! It all starts with you. Come receive the light of the Holy Spirit and know that he is with you!
Peter was sinking into the water and doubt was taking over. He had questioned. He had wondered how. He had opened the door for everything to came in, doubt, fear, anxiety, and darkness. Christ had said to him, "Come." And he got out of the boat and he was coming to Christ. He was walking on water. He was filled with excitement, joy, exhilaration. He was walking on water. But then he began to sink. He began to fear. He began to allow doubt to come in. And he called to Christ for help. Peter was a fisherman and his livelihood was made in and on the water. So he was not afraid of water, he knew how to swim. He knew how to tread water. He knew how to survive on the water. But he called to Christ to save him because he was sinking.
What was the strange feeling of sinking when one has just experienced the feeling of walking on water? The water was solid as the ground. The water pushed back when Peter took a step. The water was hard and firm as a rock. But then the water become soft. The water began to give way. And Peter began to sink. Why did he fear? Why did he doubt? Why did he open himself up to the questions of the flesh when his spirit and his heart were filled with joy? He called to Christ for help and Christ reached out and lifted him up and together they walked back to the boat. Together they walked on the water, back to the boat.
Peter was broken. He could not understand what had happened. One moment he was walking on water and the next he was sinking as in quicksand. You see, with the coming of doubt the water changed from solid to semisolid, like quicksand, and then back to the consistency of water. It did not change from solid to water at once. There was a gradual transition which made the sinking feel like quicksand and not like water. And Peter did not know how to accept this transition. So he called out to Christ for help. And Christ admonished him that the doubt was the cause of his sinking. The doubt opened the door to fear and with coming of fear the miracle stopped. And when they got into the boat, the wind fell.
Peter was in shock. His emotions and his feelings were in disarray. He walked on water. What a joy! Then he sank as in quicksand. He was high one moment and low the next. He was in joy and ecstasy one minute and deep fear and doubt the next. How do you experience such extremes? And yet the miracle took place. All, witnessed it. The disciples in the boat were in ecstasy also. What they witnessed happened before their eyes. The waves were high and they came crashing into the boat. The boat was filling with water, more water was coming in than they could bail out and they were afraid of drowning. And then Christ came walking on the water. They forgot about the water and watched in amazement as Peter walked on the water. They also watched in fear as he begin to sink. But Christ saved him. And then they knew. They experienced it within themselves. No one could tell them otherwise. They saw it, they believed it and they knew it. This was the Messiah, this was the Son of God became man. And they were with him. They were before him. They were in him and he was in them. But they who were in the boat came and worshipped saying, "Truly thou art the Son of God."
That was then, 2000 years ago, and this is now 2011. Christ left the world and returned to his father and the world returned to itself. For we are in the world and the world is in us. From the time we are born the world takes over. It tells us how to think, how to eat, how to act, how to live, how to love, how to enjoy, how to believe, how to fear, how to doubt, the world is in us and we become the world.
The young ones grow up with the world in them. They do not grow up with Christ. Even though they receive the traditional upbringings in a church or a religious environment, most do not grow up with Christ in them and the knowledge of the Holy Spirit. For the knowledge of Christ in not in them or in their parents and the joy and love of the Holy Spirit is unknown. So they are swollowed up into the world and there they remain until they are called.
Where does it all begin? Can we look to our parents? Are we the offspring of our parents, they are in the world and so are we? Where does the cycle end? Christ said, "Come!" Christ opened the door. Christ is our example and the Holy Spirit is our guide. The disciples saw it and affirmed the truth. When will we see it and know the truth. The spirit awaits your awakening. Open the door, say goodbye to the world and say hello to him. Your miracle awaits! It all starts with you. Come receive the light of the Holy Spirit and know that he is with you!
