But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, and
said, "It is a ghost!" and they cried out in fear.--Matthew 14:26
So Jesus comes to the disciples in the middle of the sea, in the middle of
a storm, in the middle of the night to teach them to walk on water. He
doesn't make it easy. But this is the real Jesus with His real disciples. And
we can add to the degree of difficulty the probability that they are physically
tired and more than a little fearful about the storm.--Francis Frangipane
And Jesse said to David his son, "Take for your brothers an ephah of this
parched grain, and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp
for your brothers (when they were facing Goliath and the Philistines)."
--I Samuel 17:17
One of God's mysterious ways is to explode through the mundane with
the miraculous when we least expect it. Jesse sent David out to deliver
lunch. God sent David out to deliver Israel.--Chip Kirk
Since Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever (Hebrews
13:8), what might His purpose be for allowing you to be pounded by
the waves or taunted by the giants in your life?--Chip Kirk
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