Do you have something in your life that you think is impossible?

What made Peter take a step outside the boat to walk on the water?

Was it intense prayer over a longer period? Prayer where he requested others to join him to get prayer answer? Was it prayer in tongues? Did he get up early in the morning to pray for an hour? Did he take every opportunity during the day to pray? Did he join a prayer group? Did he pray in expectation to hear God’s will?

Did he fast for many days?

Did he meditate on the scripture all through the day and for many days?

Did he seek Christian mentors to encourage him? Mentors to speak faith into him? Mentors to help him deal with his lack of belief? Mentors to help him believe that it is actually possible to walk on the water?

What made Peter take a step outside the boat to walk on the water?

None of the above actions! No prayer, no fasting, no meditating, no mentor help. None of these!

So what then made Peter take a step outside the boat? The answer can be given by one word: Trust! He decided to trust in Jesus when Jesus told him to come. Did Peter really believe that he could walk on the water? I do not think so. But he did not pay any attention to the physical obstacles. He was a fisherman and knew very well that it is completely impossible to walk on the water. So there is no way he actually believed it was possible. But he made a decision despite his lack of belief and despite the physical obstacles. Despite his knowledge from many years being a fisherman.

He just looked at Jesus and took His word seriously. Jesus told him to come. Peter acted on Jesus’ word. Peter did not have to believe that it was possible because Jesus had the sufficient belief that was enough for Peter.

But Peter could have remained in the boat and no one would have blamed him. He could have said that he needed to pray and fast and meditate and get some help from a Christian mentor to believe that it was possible. But then he would have missed the complete blessing that his walking on the water was.

Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord and whose hope is the Lord. (Jeremiah 17:7). Read my previous article to find out more what this scripture means: http://www.kipchumba.blogspot.no/2014/02/your-life-will-be-as-prize.html

Peter trusted in Jesus when Jesus told him to come. Because he trusted in Jesus, he was blessed to walk on the water. He was blessed to be remembered and talked about for 2000 years. He was blessed to do something that is completely impossible for people.

Do you have something in your life that you think is impossible? Something that you feel that you have to spend much time to pray about? Maybe even fast about? That you need to mediate about or even get help from a Christian mentor about so that you can believe that the impossible can be possible?

It is nothing at all wrong with prayer, fasting, meditating on the Word or getting help from a Christian mentor. But sometimes we tend to do this to get something that God has already given us. If I put a delicious meal on the table in front of you and invite you to eat, it would be a bit strange if you kept asking me to get something to eat. I would tell you that the food is served, but you kept asking me for food.

Sometimes, a blessing is placed right in front of us. God gave it to us even before we realized that we needed it. All we need to do is to start eating. If I served you a delicious meal, the only thing that would remove your hunger would be that you actually took the fork and knife and started eating. It would not help out your hunger to keep asking me for food when the food is already served right in front of you.

When God has already given us a blessing, we will not get the blessing by keeping on praying to get it. We need to take it and eat.

Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord and whose hope is the Lord. The blessing has already been given by God. God does not tell us to pray to get it. He tells us to trust in Him to get it. So when God tells us to trust in Him to get it, why do we rather enter into prayer, fasting, meditating and seeking help from Christian mentors? Shouldn’t we just do as Peter did? Shouldn’t we just act on God’s word and trust in Him, just like Peter trusted in Jesus?