Walking In Faith

Matthew 14:22-33, Romans 10:5-13

Our Matthew account is the famous one of Jesus walking on the water. Peter asks to join him yet fear wins over faith and he begins to sink. Peter calls out to Jesus, and the Lord reaches out his hand and saves him. Jesus says, "You of little faith, why did you doubt?" The disciples fearing the storm are amazed when it calms down when Jesus arrives. Those in the boat worship him their faith confirmed as they say out loud, "Surely this is the son of God." These are the first humans to confess that Jesus is the son of God.

 In Romans Paul tells how righteousness doesn't come from the law but by faith confessing that Jesus is Lord, believing in the heart that God raised him from the dead. This confession leads to righteousness and by confessing with your mouth, like the folks on the disciple's boat, will lead to salvation.

There are storms of life that make us fearful. We have initial faith like Peter that Jesus will help us walk on the water - carry us through. But when the storms of life surround us and we look at them versus Christ, we can lose our confidence and we begin to sink. But praise be to God that Christ reaches out his hand to save us. Are we accepting Christ's hand, calling upon him to save us or have we lost faith and continue to sink?

Are there times in our past that God has saved us from our problems, confirming our faith that Jesus is Lord and has saved us from sin and death bringing us to righteousness.

May we have strong enough faith to continue walking in it, to do even what seems impossible, and when we are saved from them, have continual confidence that Jesus is truly our Lord. Amen.

 

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