Get Out of the Boat!

Jesus could walk on water!  No big surprise, right?!  Jesus could raise the dead, open the blind eye, cause the lame to walk, and he fed the 5,000 with just 2 fish and five loaves of bread (Matthew 14).  So walking on water for Jesus is no big surprise.

If you read the story of Jesus walking on the water in Matthew's gospel you encounter another amazing part of the story -- Peter walked on the water with Jesus.  Matthew records that after seeing Jesus, Peter asked if he could come out on the water.  Jesus called Peter out of the boat and just for a moment he walked on water with Jesus.

Now Peter was just an average guy like you or me, and yet he walked on the water.  By faith, he got out of the boat and walked with Jesus!  I wonder what it would take for us to walk on the water with Jesus today?  If we asked him, would he bid us come?  If we were willing to move past our fears and "get out of the boat" would something miraculous happen?

For most of us, walking on a lake in the midst of a storm isn't a part of God's plan, but stepping out by faith and walking with Jesus in the everyday storms of our lives is a part of God's plan.  In what area of your life might God be asking you to "get out of the boat"?


If Jesus calls, go ahead and get out of the boat.  Believe God for the miraculous, and begin walking with Jesus!