So many times I have heard, “If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.” I agree with this statement, but it leaves out so many of the people that refused to step foot on the boat to begin with.
Excuses like there is a storm coming, there haven’t been enough fish to even get out on the boats, or worse yet I just don’t want to. All these excuses plague our lives; many of us it deal with them daily.
God hasn’t called us just to be on the boat to begin with… He allows us the amazing choice to step out into something we can’t control. Wow, I think I am preaching to the choir on this one :) (me of course). I know I struggle with this day after day.
There is so much out there that I need to DO, but fear, complacency, and doubt rush in and drown any bit of passion with every excuse possible. Today, I am so tired of it! More than my little, well long, fingers could ever type. I long for something that is a fantasy, when God can take a single choice, something as simple as getting on the metaphorical boat, and turn my faithfulness into a reality that rivals even the most extravagant of fantasies.
Today isn’t a day of getting out of the boat and walking on water. It is a gentle nudge from my Heavenly Father, that loves me so much, whispering: “Don’t be afraid to get on the boat. Don’t be so focused on My promises that you don’t take another step towards me. Love on me and follow me, even if the waters look turbulent. Remember it is only one step at a time.”
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