These verses came to my mind tonight - guess the Lord was wanting to remind me. To strengthen my faith. So all the things that I see as impossible, well God already knows what I need and he will take care of them. But he gives us a command here - to seek first him and him alone. Laying everything else down, laying aside what I think is best and looking straight to Jesus - with my eyes fixed on him. Those distractions of life and concerns are bound to come up but I must fix my eyes back on him. I do not want to take my eyes off of him. When I do I begin to sink, just like Peter did. Peter must have thought that it would be impossible to walk on the water to Jesus - for sure - but it was when he took his eyes off Jesus that he began to sink. Life is like that. The cares of this life can make you sink and feel like you are droughning. Most of us have felt that at some point, maybe even now. Let's take a moment, close our eyes, and just imagine your eyes fixed upon Jesus eyes. Imagine him saying to you "keep looking at me, no, don't look at the wave, keep looking at me. I love you so much. Take my hand. Let me lead you. Walk with me and I will lead you into green pastures and beside the still waters." I realized that you can't close your eyes and read at the same time so close your eyes for a moment now - then come back.
Our God is a God of miracles, our God is the God who calms storms, who created the universe. Someday I will write about all the ways that he has taken care of us these past 9 months. Sooner than later I hope! He loves us so much, he wants us to just keep looking to him.
The awesome thing to remember is that when we are sinking that Jesus saves us. The following video was done by a mission team on the World Race. Hey, we have to have faith to even try, right? I imagine God just smiling and saying "I love you guys!"
Walking on Water from Matthew Snyder on Vimeo.
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