Matthew 14:31 “And Immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him, and said to him, ‘O you of little faith, why did you doubt.’”
Dear God,
It is so good that You love me, and watch my way each day, and that I can place all things in Your care. At present as You know, I am subject to some very unproductive thoughts, with mind and body in turmoil from fatigue, and the useless question ‘why me, it is not fair?’ and so on. Please forgive me for my ungrateful, unfaithful heart. Your Son, Jesus whilst living here on earth, placed You first always, and is in all areas my beautiful example.
In Matthew 14, I find that He lovingly helped people in need, healed the sick, provided food for the multitude. All after having planned for some solitude, after He had heard of the death of His cousin, John the Baptist. However His loving heart could not refuse the eagerly seeking throng, and so He put aside the time of solitude.
Unlike me so often, He was gracious and loving, even when His own needs had been thwarted.
Forgive me Lord for when I become petulant, because time planned for quiet solitude or a plan to do something, has been invaded by others. Instead of focusing on what I cannot do, I plan instead to see their needs, and willingly and lovingly offer my ear or whatever is needed to help.
Jesus took steps to make sure that in the end, He obtained His needed time in order to be alone with You, His Father in heaven. When He had answered the needs of the crowd, He with authority, that no one questioned, sent the crowds away, along with His disciples.
Jesus knew that to be in prayer with You, His Father was as necessary as air and food for Him. As it is for me; if only I would seek You more, I would have a more victorious life as a Christian, and would not so often be led into wrong places by Satan and his angels.
Please Lord, be my strength so that I will not only pray to You in the morning and evening, but all through the day, as You can bring things to my mind; and I will not always have radeo speaking in my ears, as I have loved to do in the past.
Restored physically, emotionally and spiritually, Jesus walked on the water to the boat, in which the disciples were battling the waves. Bless Peter that he recognized the power of Jesus, and knew that Jesus could and would keep him up on top of the water; and so it was, until Peter took his eyes off Jesus and thought of self.
Forgive me Lord for the times, I show lack of faith, and take my eyes off Jesus, and focus on self and as must be the case, begin to sink. As with Peter however, Jesus is right there to put out His hand and lift me to safety.
Amen