Becoming great takes faith. Peter did not become great
in the twinkle of an eye. He had to go through things. This same man who stood
up boldly to tell people about the Holy Spirit also once denied Jesus. We have
to be so prayed up in Christ because we don’t always know what our flesh or our
circumstances will cause us to do. The struggle to greatness gets real! David
had to fight many battles not only in the world, but in the kingdom of God because
he was called to greatness. David wrote many psalms documenting his trails and successes.
He was a man after God’s own heart, but yet he was not perfect. We go through things
that help sustain us in this life and we can’t remain discouraged by the hurts
that the world throws at us. I admire the bravery of the apostles because I don’t
know how well I would have done emotionally if whole systems were coming
against me. These men were beat, lied on, and put in prison because of the
Christ that they were representing. People will persecute you because of the
Christ that you represent.
Where is your faith in the midst of turmoil? Can you
maintain in the battles of life or are you just trying to make it to the valley
top of success. Success does not always guarantee you happiness. Compare your knowledge
of the world to your knowledge of Jesus. Has the world been able to heal your
hope, heal your body, or reunite your family? O you of little faith, the same
God that saved you from hell can also sustain you in this life. The goal is
heaven not money, friendship, marriage or fame.
Some of us will do a lot of things that are out of our
character just to fit in with people that don’t even like us. I know that I
have and I still do. We are created in Christ’s image and that automatically
makes us different. People will not always like you because of the light of
Jesus that shines through you. You have to keep your morals and your standards
in a world that recommends that you don’t act like Jesus.
I pray for your heart in Christ. I have met some
people that have made me question God because of the Jesus that they show me.
Everyone that says they represent Christ is not always telling the truth. God
will give us role models, but we also have to weigh people that we look up to
against the character of Jesus.
The other disciples may have thought that Peter was
crazy to walk on water, when really, he may have just wanted to go to place in
God that they were not ready for or that they did not have the desire for. That
walk that you have with Jesus is yours. Don’t allow people to give their
opinions on what God is doing in you if it is negative or if they really don’t
know the Lord.
Lord I pray for those that want to be close to your
heart. I pray for the Peters of the world. Those that have the strength and
faith to leave others just so that they can be close to you. I pray that you
sustain them and that you hold their hand through the shakiness of life. God I
thank you for your consistency. I pray for the grace to seek you and to continue
to seek you. I pray that you allow me to sit in your presence and stay there.
Lord I pray to be close to your heart beat and I pray that you will be what
matters to me. I pray for the faith to walk on water. In Jesus name.
Recommended
Reading: Matthew 14: 22-33
Mediate
on this: “And immediately Jesus stretched out His
hand and caught him, and said to him, “O you of little
faith, why did you doubt?” 32 And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased”
(Matthew 14: 21).
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