Get Out

And when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, "It is a ghost!" And they cried out for fear. But immediately Jesus spoke to them saying, "Be of good cheer! It is I; do not be afraid." And Peter answered Him and said, "Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water." Matthew 14:26-28 NKJV

In order for Peter to experience walking on water, he had to do something he'd never done before: get out of the boat and onto the water. God is calling us in this season to "get out" of some things we've been in and try it a different way. Many of us don't like change, but change orchestrated by God is good change, and a necessary change!

Let's look at it metaphorically for a moment. Peter and the other disciples were in a boat, something they were used to getting around in; they were comfortable in it. They were so used to it that they didn't expect a storm that day. Come on, they were fishermen and fishermen check the weather before going out. When we've been doing something out of habit or routine, our sense of expectation lessens and we tend to depend on the old way and run the possibility of missing the new.

What's your boat today? What's keeping you from walking in the new? What type of thing or situation won't allow you to get out? Whatever it may be, know that with God, you have the power to overcome all things.

Don't you think it's time you got out?

Your thoughts!