08/06/2026
SINKING BECOMES IMMINENT.
MATTHEW 14: 28-31.
GOLDEN VERSE: "Immediately Jesus reached out His hand and caught him, "You of little faith, " He said, "why did you doubt?" Matthew 14:31.
Sinking is a negative word which implies falling or descending to a lower place or level.
This was the experience of Peter after he had just started walking on water, following Jesus' instruction.
It is not out of place to be daring, just as Peter did, but you must also be mindful
that challenges will arise, even though they are surmountable.
Peter left his comfort zone of the ship to follow the instruction given by Christ Jesus.
In other words, staving in your comfort place will not make you see the manifestation of God's rhema word.
However impossible the thing commanded by Christ may appear, it is certain He will give anyone who receive His word by faith the power for accomplishment; but we must take care never to put Christ's power to test in other to gratify a vain curiosity: or even for the aggrandizement of our faith, when the ordinary means for doing that are within our reach.
It is typical of man to doubt when adverse circumstances arise.
For Peter, when he saw the boisterous wind, he was afraid, but it was by faith in the power of Christ he was upheld.
The idea that gravity laws were suspended, even scared him to doubt, and then he began to sink because the laws returned to action by the energy generated through his doubt and fear.
It was not the violence of the winds, nor the raging of the waves which endangered his life, but his littleness of faith.
When in trouble, you are not expected to cry in solicitation of man's sympathy, but for God's help, so that your adversaries can desist from their pursuit. "When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me" Psalms 56:9.
Peter cried unto Jesus and immediately, His outstretched arm saved him from sinking.
When you doubt, sinking becomes imminent, but when you cry to Him for help and He reaches out to you, His hands surely preserve you.
PRAYER: My Heavenly Father, help me not to sink because of doubt, that I may cry to You and not men in Jesus Christ Name.