So Peter goes to the side of the boat. The other disciples are watching closely. They have seen Peter shoot off his mouth before - a lot. They wonder how far he'll take this thing.He puts one foot over the side, carefully gripping the edge of the boat. Then the other foot. He's holding on with grom determination and white knuckles.
Then he does something religious - he lets go. He abandons himself utterly to the power of Jesus. And suddenly, for the first time in history, an ordinary human being is walking on the water.
Like master, like disciple.
Then it happens. Peter "saw the wind."
He realized he was on the water in the middle of a storm with no boat beneath him - and he was terrified. The storm should have come as no suprise - it's been there all along. Peter's focus has shifted from the Savior to the storm.
Because of the wind, some people decide never to leave the boat. If you get out of the boat, you will face the wind and the storm out there. But you might as well know now, there is no guarantee that life in the boat is going to be any safer.
If you step up to the plate, you may strike out. The greatest hitters in the world fail two times out of three.
But if you don't step up to the plate, you will never know the glory of what it is to hit a home run. There is danger in getting out of the boat. But there is danger in staying in it as well. If you live in boat - whatever your boat happens to be - you will eventually die of boredom and stagnation. Everything is risky.
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