The Hebrew word “to walk” actually means “to take advantage of an opportunity.” Walking out onto the water in the middle, he took advantage of an opportunity. “Let me step out of this craziness, the mess this world in in right now.Īll we have to do is to begin to declare, Lord Jesus, I need You! Peter got out of the boat and walked on water. I know it’s going to be A-Okay cause I heard a small Voice say, “Be Not Afraid. The storm may be raging but here’s what I do know. I don’t know what the IMF is thinking, they are taking over the banks now, they don’t know, just trust me what I’m seeing, it’s all falling apart. I don’t know what the government is doing right now, what the World Forum is going to do. “See, God is doing things all around the world and we’re watching as the world is getting crazier and crazier. Sometimes we just need to just fall to our knees and say, I know I should be over here, and I know I’m supposed to be over there, but I haven’t spent time praying with the Lord today. Sometimes one just needs to speak “Peace” in the middle of an argument. Sometimes a person just needs to sit back and watch the Glory of the Lord when everybody else is saying one ought to get up and do something. ”The best time to make a move is when it seems it’s at the wrong time! Sometimes it seems it’s the wrong time. “Listen to me this morning,” emphasized Pastor Melton. The Bible says, he got out and he began to walk on the water. Peter got out and began to (supernaturally) walk on the water. I wish I had some folks who’d just get out of their boat. The answer is one has to put out their hand and place it in the Hand of Jesus, and just get out. Get out and walk on top of it for a minute or two. What I’ve come to realize is sometimes one just has to get out of one’s crazy life or situation, crazy mess, or one needs to get out of what may be driving them nuts. Let me get out of this boat (crazy) and what’s going on right now, and let me walk with You. When he heard that Voice, Peter did the unthinkable. In the middle of the boat, in the middle of the sea, in the middle of a storm, Peter heard a small Voice say, “I am here.” I want to show you what I find so amazing right now, because the moment Jesus began to speak, Peter’s heart began to settle down. Jesus, in verse 27 says to the men, “Be of good cheer. Surrounded by a bunch of doubters in the middle of a storm, they knew they had a problem. So, they found themselves in the middle of the Sea of Galilee, in the middle of the night, in the boat. Do we realize how scared those twelve men had to have been to have screamed out as they began to think they were seeing a ghost near them walking on the water? Those who were fishermen knew they’d never seen a man walking on the water like they saw one out in the middle of the water, in the rough sea, or at least thought they were seeing one.
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