The safest place isn't the boat
Most of us are pretty good at staying in the boat.
When life gets stormy - when the job falls through, the relationship breaks down, the diagnosis arrives, the future feels uncertain - we do what feels sensible. We grip the sides, keep our heads down, and wait for it to pass.
The disciples did the same thing. They’d been fighting the waves all night when they saw something coming out of the darkness. Their first instinct wasn’t to step towards it. It was to shrink back in fear.
But not Peter.
This Sunday’s sermon looks at Matthew 14:22-34 - one of the most vivid, dramatic scenes in all of the Gospels. It’s the story of Peter stepping out of the boat and onto the water. And it raises a question worth sitting with this week:
What if the safest place isn’t where you feel safe - but where Jesus is?
Key Takeaway
Jesus doesn’t ask you to have it all worked out before you step. He simply says: “Yes, come.” And that has always been enough. We step. We falter. He grabs us. We walk on together. That’s not failure - that’s faith.
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Grace and peace.
Rob