"Lord, if it is you, bid me come unto thee on the water." - Matthew 14.22-33
Jesus walking on water, to meet the disciples. These frightened think they see a ghost, a being unreal. But Jesus reassured by these words, words quite ordinary, but have an extraordinary power, words that are accessible to all: "It is I, fear not! "Then Peter wants to have the heart net he puts Christ at the event:" Lord, if it is you, bid me come unto thee on the water. Jesus has this simple answer: "Come! "Jesus invites Peter
to follow the" field "the most unstable of all: water. Strangely, miraculously, might say, Peter and Jesus walking on the waves, against all laws of physics. But when Peter realized the enormity of the thing, when he realizes he is out of the boat, outside the protective cocoon, when he feels the wind whipping her face, he gets scared, he loses his footing and sinks.
Seeing perish, he has words of despair, words that we all have sent one day to Jesus: "Lord, save me! "We had at one time or another, the feeling of walking on a" ground "unstable outside our protective bubble, and this made us afraid and we have lost his footing. There are situations like this, where one loses foot disease, loss of a loved one, doubts about the future, professional or personal concerns, so many opportunities to cry out to Jesus: "Lord, save me! "
Christ's response is primarily a gesture: one hand reaching out to him that runs. It is a helping hand, tense with determination towards the one who loses his footing in life. Because the Lord's call it an "endangered" is a risk to run. As Peter left the boat reassuring to go walking with Jesus on the waves, we, we, too, to leave reassuring our certainties, to walk on the waves that can engulf us if we let the winds of doubt we throw down.
In the tormented life that some of us live, there is one certainty: Jesus Walks, too, with us and is ready to reach us when we stumble, when we lose footing or if the circumstances make us aware of the boldness of which we never thought we would be able to. Because it is bold it is here. Peter is bold, he is brave enough to climb over the boat, to take his first steps on the water, but when he realizes his "Madness", he begins to doubt and regret this act crazy. It was then that Jesus saves through his hand and said that human folly is the folly of God. With God all things are possible! We must accept this helping hand to grab and go with the certainty that Jesus nothing is impossible.
Image source: personal photo (c) in January 2008.
to follow the" field "the most unstable of all: water. Strangely, miraculously, might say, Peter and Jesus walking on the waves, against all laws of physics. But when Peter realized the enormity of the thing, when he realizes he is out of the boat, outside the protective cocoon, when he feels the wind whipping her face, he gets scared, he loses his footing and sinks.
Seeing perish, he has words of despair, words that we all have sent one day to Jesus: "Lord, save me! "We had at one time or another, the feeling of walking on a" ground "unstable outside our protective bubble, and this made us afraid and we have lost his footing. There are situations like this, where one loses foot disease, loss of a loved one, doubts about the future, professional or personal concerns, so many opportunities to cry out to Jesus: "Lord, save me! "
Christ's response is primarily a gesture: one hand reaching out to him that runs. It is a helping hand, tense with determination towards the one who loses his footing in life. Because the Lord's call it an "endangered" is a risk to run. As Peter left the boat reassuring to go walking with Jesus on the waves, we, we, too, to leave reassuring our certainties, to walk on the waves that can engulf us if we let the winds of doubt we throw down.
In the tormented life that some of us live, there is one certainty: Jesus Walks, too, with us and is ready to reach us when we stumble, when we lose footing or if the circumstances make us aware of the boldness of which we never thought we would be able to. Because it is bold it is here. Peter is bold, he is brave enough to climb over the boat, to take his first steps on the water, but when he realizes his "Madness", he begins to doubt and regret this act crazy. It was then that Jesus saves through his hand and said that human folly is the folly of God. With God all things are possible! We must accept this helping hand to grab and go with the certainty that Jesus nothing is impossible.
Image source: personal photo (c) in January 2008.
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