Water Walkers!

Water Walkers!

"LORD, if it's you," Peter replied, "tell me to come to you on the water."  (Matthew 14:28)  Hey, we shouldn't be so hard on Peter; after all, would WE have even gotten out of the boat?  You say, "Yeah, but Peter sunk!"  Yeah, but first, he walked on the water  ... until he doubted.  What does the world need?  More "tongue talkers," more Jesus name baptizers," more "Water Walkers!"

"Come," he said.  Then Peter got down out of

the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus.

But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid;

and beginning to sink, he cried, saying Lord, save me.

And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand and

caught him, and said unto him, "O thou of little faith,

wherefore didst thou doubt."

(Matthew 14:29-31)

It's those pesky doubts that get us into trouble every time!   But, we've gotta' hand it to Peter; he did it!  Oh, he sank, but before that, he walked on the water!  What could we do if we did not doubt?  The natural man realizes by the laws of physics, we can't walk on water, but the Lord Jesus Christ invented "physics!"  If He says "Walk" or "Go" or "Stand" or "See" or Hear" or "Breathe" or "Come Forth"  ...  it happens!  The "Water Walker" has all power, all dominion, all Wisdom and  ...  He's "All That!"  

"But when he asks, he must believe and

not doubt, because he who doubts is like

a wave of the sea, blown and tossed

   by the wind."

(James 1:6)

It's interesting to note that Peter was asking the Lord to "tell him" to do the impossible.  It would be like us saying, "Lord, tell me to heal that person's cancer," or Lord, tell me to make that one in the wheelchair walk," or "Lord, tell me to heal that man's deafness."  What we need to remember is that the Lord didn't hesitate; in essence, He said, "Do It;"  He said, "Come!"  O, "we" of little faith;   ...  "water walkers" always get out of the boat!

Peter Sank!

As long as Peter kept his eyes on Jesus, he was water walkin', but as soon as he took his eyes off of Jesus and eyed the stormy tumultuous waves, he sank.  We could weather a lot more storms with grace, if we just kept our eyes on Jesus Christ.  Trouble at work?  Trouble with your finances?  Trouble with your marriage?  Troubles all around?  Troubles with "real" tornados, hurricanes and storms destroying your home and you're left with nothing?  You're still here, aren't you?  You say, "You don't know what it's like to lose everything!"  Oh, but I do.  I've lost homes, husband, furniture, been without a job for almost a year, everything, even had to go through Grand Jury trials to convict someone for evil done to my family.  Through it all, as the song says, I've learned to trust in Jesus; I've learned to trust in Him!  I wasn't always full of faith and "walking on the water;" but I made it, with Jesus Christ carrying me; He'll carry you too!

Do you know what we need?  "Spitherinktum!"  You say, "That's not a word!"  You're right; I made it up, but that's what "Water Walkers" do!  They "walk" out of the norm!  They heal diseases; they kick the devil in the teeth and dance in demon blood; they rebuke the winds in the name of Jesus; they raise the lame; they unstop deaf ears; they cast out devils; they "Walk ON Water!"

"And whatsoever you shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son." (John 14:13)  Do we believe the Word of God, or not?  Does the Lord Jesus Christ mean what He says or not? 

Are we "Water Walkers?"  ...  or not  ....

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PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas, Pastor Kenneth Phillips)