He never leaves us stranded in the middle

“So He said, “Come.” And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus. But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!”

Matthew 14: 29-30

We all know Peter took a pretty good step of faith and got out of the boat and walked on the water towards Christ.  Have you ever taken steps of faith when Christ said ‘Come” ? I’m sure we all have.. if you haven’t yet you should.. its awesome.

How many of us have had our faith become a little shaky when things start getting rough? I’m sure most of us all have at some point in time. I know I have. But here is the best part…  The moment we cry “Lord save me” there He is . We read in verses 31 – 32 , “Jesus immediately reached out His hand and took hold of him, saying to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?” And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased”

Now remember Peter had walked away from the boat (no idea how far or near was that… we do know it was far enough that they screamed Ghost when they saw Jesus). We know Peter walked towards Jesus. Some translations have it as  Peter came to Jesus. But get this… the moment Peter said Lord save me and was beginning to sink here is what happened

·         Jesus immediately reached out his hand (He stretched his hand out… )

·         And took hold of him (whether Peter grabbed on to His hand or not, Jesus for sure took hold of him)

·         He teaches Peter that if he had faith , if he did not doubt the fact that he could not be overcome by the waves around him he would not have begun to sink

·         He doesn’t just pull him out and say “Ok now walk back on your own… Go Go”… He goes with Peter into the boat and guess what..the wind ceased

God will never leave you stranded in the middle…. When we are too scared to grab on, He will take hold of us. He loves us so much that through the storm He walks us through till the winds cease !! But remember if we have faith , we will overcome the storm.. He goes before us… we are just drawing near to Him !

God Bless