So What’s Next?
Don’t you think I wish I knew?
How did Peter feel when the waves were surging beneath him, water filling his mouth, the boat rocking nauseatingly underneath him promising a grain of possible safety in the security of the familiar?
What what raw nerve, what audacious faith it must’ve taken for him to make the choice to ARISE, to stand in the gale. The moment of hesitation was past, the decision made the moment he stood; Peter was about to do the IMPOSSIBLE. Surely others in the boat screamed at him to “sit down for God’s sake! You’ll get us all killed!” Surely his own doubts assailed him with the lunacy of the decision he was following through on.
He had to know.
I must know.
I must know the One upon who Peter locked eyes with. I must know this Man who beckoned Peter to come. I must know…there are deeper waters of this faith that I am about to walk upon.
Friends, I don’t know exactly what’s next..can anyone? All I know is that my heart is set, my eyes are fixed, I have risen in faith because He’s called me by name to step out of the boat and do something I have never personally witnessed anyone do before.
How can I be sure that this is what He wants us to walk in? What if it’s just a good idea of our own vain imaginations? Or worse? That’s a blog for another day…perhaps I’ll just let this walk of faith unfold step by step and you’ll see for yourself.
But friends, let me forewarn you, if you too should dare to do something so outside the box as we are…the worst of the counter attack isn’t from without…it’s always within. When you settle the issue with Him of Who is Lord, you’ll be unstoppable.
So what are we doing? To be utterly vague, secretive even, let me quote my favorite person ever and simply leave it this:
“Come and see.”