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“And Peter answered Him and said, Lord, if it be Thou, bid me come to thee on the water. And He said, Come” (Matthew 14:28-29).
The disciples were in a boat on the Sea of Galilee at night, trying to row their boat against a headwind. They were not making much progress, but then the Lord Jesus came to them, walking on the water. Peter immediately wanted to walk on the water too, and the Lord told him to come. With the Lord’s power, Peter, too, walked on the water, even though it was rough. There is an important lesson for all of us to learn in this.
The rough water is a picture to us of difficulties the Lord allows in our lives, and sometimes it seems that we cannot make much progress against them. Perhaps we try hard in our own strength, but it does not work. However, just as the Lord was not hindered by the headwind and waves, so we too can rise above our problems, and, as it were, walk above them. As long as Peter kept his eye on the Lord, and not on the rough water, he was able to walk on the rough water, just as the Lord did. Tomorrow we will see what happened when he got his eyes off the Lord, and looked at the strong wind and heavy waves.
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