I pray that any of you that were contemplating throwing in
the towel, or quitting are back on track. As you move forward I must remind you
to stay focused. Keep your mind on what God says and not what the enemy tries
to plant in your mind. Keep pressing forward.
For as we read in Philippians 3:14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of
God in Christ Jesus.
How do you plan your day,
week, month, and year. What are your short and long term goals? That’s a lot to
think about, so let’s back up and take it one plan at a time.
What were your plans for
today? Were you able to accomplish them? If not, why not? What distracted you,
or interrupted your plan? Were you able to overcome the distraction or
interruption and get back on course or will you have to use time allocated for
another task to get back on track.
Things don’t always go the way we plan. Sometimes it’s a
good thing, and sometimes it may not be a good thing. What’s important is that
you don’t allow distractions to side track you, or prevent you from moving
towards your goal.
We’ve talked previously about how fear of success can be
just as crippling as fear of failure. When you see the doors you’ve knocked on
being opened, when you receive what you have asked for, when you find what you
have been seeking, don’t become afraid of the success God is bringing your way.
Not only is this what you have been diligently praying for it is also your
destiny.
Many times when we are getting close to a victorious moment
the enemy will cause us to start doubting. He will send those fiery darts
towards your mind. The ones that say, this can’t be real, I’m not good enough,
they must have made a mistake. He may even try to convince you that the thing
you have tried so hard to achieve, along with your efforts to achieve them are
worthless. He wants to convince you that you will not succeed.
Matthew 14: 22-32 and straightway Jesus
constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the
other side, while he sent the multitudes away. And when he had sent the multitudes away, he
went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was
there alone. But the ship was now in the midst of the sea,
tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary. And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went
unto them, walking on the sea. And when the disciples saw him walking on the
sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying,
Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid. And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be
thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down
out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was
afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand,
and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou
doubt? And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.
I want us to take a look at a few things here.
First, there were several disciples on the boat. Why was Peter the only one
that asked the Lord to bid him, or enable him to come to him on the water? Why
did Peter want to walk on the water in the first place? Why didn’t he just
allow Jesus to come and join them on the ship?
My thought is that Peter had faith, He believed
that it was Jesus walking on the water. He also believed that because it was
Jesus he could command him, or enable him to walk on the water. When Jesus said
come, Peter didn’t hesitate. He went down out of the ship and began walking
toward Jesus. Peter wasn’t walking towards the shore, or walking around the
boat just to see if he was in fact able to walk on water. He had a goal in
mind. He was walking towards Jesus.
Are you like the rest of the disciples in the
boat, or are you like Peter? Are you bold enough in your faith to say, if it is
you bid me to come? Lord, if this is your plan for my life enable me to walk in
it. Equip me with the faith that I need to walk towards my destiny, to reach my
goal.
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