LITTLE FAITH ( Matthew 14:28-33) At this stage in the spiritual growth of Peter,he was a man of "little faith." However,after Pentecost, he became a spiritual giant. Let us take a good look at his"little faith" and profit from it.Jesus came to his distressed disciples, walking on the water in the midst of a storm. Peter asked to come to jesus on the water. He must have thrilled at the thougth of doing the impossible.Jesus said,"come" (1) Peter did the imposible thing: he walked in the water with faith. (2) Next,Peter did the concievable things: he saw the storm,and had a second thougth--he doubted.For a moment. he lost sigth of Jesus, He may have turned and started back to the boat (Luke 9:62). (3) Now Peter did the natural thing:he feared the destruction,Doubt always breeds fear. (4) Then Peter did the expected thing: he began to sink--he failed. (5) Then Peter did the rigth: "Lord save me." Immediately Jesus stretched forth His hand and caugth him. Oncemore Peter made contact with Jesus by faith. (6) Again Peter did the impossible thing: he walked on the water with Jesus, to the boat.In this lesson,we see the success and failure of "little faith." Now let us recap the steps that led to failure. Peter started by faith,and walked on the water. Then he saw the storm, and had second thougth that led to doubt, that produced fear,that caused him to turn back,that brougth about failure. You need a faith that is bigger than the elements that would drag you down to defeat. You can have big faith by "prayer and fasting." (Matt. 17:20,21) and by feeding your faith on the Word of God (Rom. 10:17). You can have mountain-moving faith.
Posted on: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 03:35:37 +0000
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