Lord, help!

I just read again the story of Peter walking on water towards Jesus in the book of Matthew a few days ago. Always find it amazing to have a fresh revelation of Jesus on those verses that had been read umpteen times.

Previously when I read this portion of the scriptures, I only saw that the disciples were afraid of the storm because it is a perfect storm. Some of them were seasoned fishermen and yet they had never experienced any storm like the one they were experiencing. They probably felt their lives were threatened. They probably felt hopeless in that situation as well.

When we depend on our might to achieve things, we will come to a point where even the strongest among us will find the going tough. We may even fill that the world has come to an end for us in those challenging times.

Then, in the fourth watch of the night, they were terrified when they saw Jesus walking on water towards them for they thought they had seen a ghost. However, Peter shouted to the Lord to bid him to come to Him and Jesus said that He is the Lord and answered to Peter to come to Him. Peter walked on water towards Jesus.

In our darkness hour, Jesus is always there to help us. He is always there to comfort to us. He is always there to deliver us. When we behold Jesus, we will walk on storm. When we behold Jesus, we will triumph over our difficult situations, we will always be victorious, though we are more than conquerors in Christ.

The next moment, the scriptures say that Peter began to look at the storm and he began to sink. The moment we take our eyes off Jesus, we begin to depend on our natural senses and natural might and we will begin to "sink" in our challenges.

Then Peter cried, "Lord, help!". Immediately, Jesus extended his hand to catch Peter and together they walked back to the boat. That's the loveliness of our Lord Jesus. He will immediately save us from serious harm. Jesus will never leave us nor forsake us.

Here's the interesting part where I have a fresh revelation of Jesus. I had always read this portion of the scriptures and thought that the disciples continued their journey with Jesus on board through the storm. However, the scriptures say that when Jesus and Peter were on the boat, the wind ceased. Hallelujah! When Jesus is with us, the "storm" in our lives will ceased. Regardless of how "perfect" the storm in our lives may be, it will immediately cease!

When the Lord is with us, no evil shall befall us nor shall any plague come near our dwellings. No weapon formed shall prosper against us. Just believe in the Lord and His mighty hand to save us.

Do not fear

What do we do when we had received a bad report about our health? How do we response when something bad just happened to us? What is our immediate response when we heard a loved one is injured?

How often do we think of the worst case scenario straight away when we received these news? We don't usually think that things will work out well in spite of what had happened. We were so quick to always expect the worst when something bad had happened that we forgot that sometimes things weren't as bad as the initial report presented to be.

Maybe that's why there are 365 verses in the bible that tell us do not fear or do not be afraid. One verse for each day of our lives. If something bad happens, for Christians, we can expect that it will work out for our good. Perhaps some of us had lost our jobs and we are thinking naturally how we are going to get a job , especially, if some of us are advanced in age. Perhaps a loved one is suffering from terminal cancer and we think there is no nope.

Do not be afraid when bad things happen. For we can look to Jesus for deliverance out of that bad happening. Jesus can turn things around for our good. Just remains at rest and God will take care of all our cares.