Peter having been commanded by Jesus to come to Him, stepped out on faith and walked on the water toward Jesus (all the disciples knew Jesus could calm the storm based on Matt. 8:23-27).
With total confidence in Jesus, Peter walked on water (people criticize Peter in this story, but Peter did something the rest if us have never experienced. Peter walked on water).
As Peter made progress in the storm by walking toward Jesus, the existing storm distracted Peter and he became afraid. Fear is a killer of faith and progress and sends us sinking in defeat. Peter started to sink in defeat, but to Peter's credit, he knew to call on Jesus for his deliverance (see Matt. 14:22-33 for full account).
Our journey through the storms in life are similar to Peter's story. We start off full of faith with our eyes on Jesus, and we make good progress. As the storm rages on, as storms in life rage on, and on, and on, we look at our circumstances in fear, and fear kills our faith. Hence, we start sinking into defeat.
When you see fear and defeat trying to take you down, cry out to Jesus before you are destroyed and get delivered.
Jesus will immediately respond to you while the storm is still raging and stabalize you. In His own time, Jesus will calm the storm.
Jesus does not need to calm the storm before He helps us, He simply needs to hear us cry out to Him for help.
God Bless,
Pastor Kennedy (MZO)
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