Faith Over Fear

Matthew 14:22-24 Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. 23 After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Later that night, he was there alone, 24 and the boat was already a considerable distance from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it.

John 16:33, which says -In this godless world, you will continue to experience difficulties. But take heart! I’ve conquered the world.”

Don’t let the wind determine your direction.

John 6:19 says - 19 When they had rowed about three or four miles,

Mark 6:47-48

Later that night, the boat was in the middle of the lake, and he was alone on land. 48 He saw the disciples straining at the oars because the wind was against them.

Romas 7:5 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. 

Matthew 14:25

25 Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. 26 When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out in fear.

Sometimes, God’s provision doesn’t look like we think it will, and we become afraid of what will ultimately be our deliverance. 

Matthew 27 But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”

Mark 6:50 Immediately he spoke to them and said, “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”

John 6:20 But he said to them, “It is I; don’t be afraid.”

Dr Tom Constable Said it this way. “Where Jesus is present, fear is unwarranted.”

I am is bigger than anything we could ever face in life, and he is for us.

Matthew 14:28-29

28 “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.”

29 “Come,” he said.

Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. 

Being in the storm with Jesus is safer than being on a boat without.

Verse 30 But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!” 

Don’t let FAITH fatigue rob you of a TRUST you once knew.

Matthew 14:31 offers us hope. 

31 Immediately, Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?”

Partial Trust is not trust at all; it’s doubt