Bible Devotions with UWDon't be AfraidQUOTE
Matthew 14:27 (NIV) But Jesus immediately said to them: "Take courage! It is I. Don't be afraid."
Dear Friends.
Here is a scripture passaged that talks about Jesus walking on the water in the dead of the night in Matthew 14. I think we all know this passage well.
It's where Peter walked on the water as well.
Of course anyone who was there at that point of time, would have been easily frightened: Small Boat, huge lake, Strong wind, close to 0 visibility is more than frightening. Added , an element of the supernatural, seeing someone walking on water, what more in the dead of the night with the howling wind.
I can't imagine how frightening it must be to be there. The small boat could have capsized for all we know either by the wind or by panicked disciples trying to get away from the walking figure.
This lesson is quite significant.
Sometime we are put in very uneasy situations, just like the disciples in the boat. Funny right? Jesus already knew what was going to happen and yet He was the one made the disciples
get into the boat. You look at the economy and the currency and how things are, you're saving money for the future and suddenly you need to use them for various reasons, putting your future at hold. You want to travel somewhere and you see Plane disaster happening. Things like that.
Do you feel life is like that, at times? Uneasy and uncertain future.
Sometimes there are things we don't understand about God. How He works. Why as though we are put or forced into uneasy situations in life.
That put us not at ease, especially in uncomfortable situations. We all want to feel comfort and close with God.
Many times we judge God's silence and distance as a sign that He is far away.
Dear Friends, I want you to know, you have judged wrong.
For whatever reasons you may have, as we're coming to the end of 2014 and 2015 approaches. I want you to take this word of God with you to your spirit soul and heart.
"Take courage!
It is I. Don't be afraid." Meditate on it until you are rested in comfort knowing God is telling you:
Don't be Afraid,
It is I. Let this word become RHEMA and Alive in your spirit. Bring it with you.
Having Jesus in your boat, will not cause it to capsized.
God Bless.