Lord, Save Me

So He said, Come. And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus. But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, Lord, save me! 

And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him, and said to him, O you of little faith, why did you doubt? 

Matthew 14:29-31 

We often struggle in our walk of faith. Peter certainly did. Having asked the Lord to bid him walk on the water, he stepped out of the boat and did what no other mere mortal in the history of the world has done. He walked on the water to go to Jesus. This was, by itself, a challenging experience. The wind and waves only exacerbated what would have been a challenge to faith on a calm sea. Understandably, Peter began to take in the magnitude of the situation. He was away from the boat walking on the water, and not yet to Jesus. The wind and the waves were  ‘boisterous.’ This rattled Peter well and truly. He became afraid and began to sink. He cried out, ‘Lord save me!’ From these verses we can derive several thoughts. When we exercise faith we often encounter some form of challenge to it. It may be circumstantial or from some other source. When we see the magnitude of the challenge, we may become distracted by it and pay more attention to the situation than to Christ, Who has led us to where we are. We may feel we are sinking. Our cry may sound similar to Peter’s, ‘Lord, save me!’ Peter appealed to the only Person Who could help him at that moment. We can appeal to the same Person. In our most desperate moments, we return to the simplest truth. Jesus saves. 

Our Good and Gracious God, 
we rejoice that we can cry out to You. 
We praise You that You are ever ready to save us. 

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning