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“Peter is often remembered for sinking, but the account in Matthew 14:22–33 first shows something far more significant: he was the only disciple who stepped out of the boat at the command of Christ.

While the others remained in relative safety, Peter asked, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.” Jesus answered with one word: “Come.” Peter’s step was not reckless ambition. It was a response to the word of Christ.

This matters because faith is not measured by how safe we remain, but by whether we obey when the Lord calls. Peter’s faith was imperfect, but it was real. He did not have complete strength, complete understanding, or complete courage. Yet he moved toward Jesus. Many people are quick to focus on Peter’s failure, but his failure happened in the context of obedience. He sank while going to Christ, not while running from Him.

The passage also reminds us that even sincere faith can falter when our eyes turn away from Christ. Peter saw the wind, became afraid, and began to sink. That is often the pattern in our own lives. We begin well, but fear, circumstances, and visible dangers begin to dominate our attention. The problem was not that the storm became real; the storm was already real. The problem was that Peter’s focus shifted from the One who called him to the waves around him.

Yet the glory of the passage is not ultimately Peter’s courage or Peter’s weakness. It is Christ Himself. Jesus revealed His authority over the sea, His sufficiency in the midst of fear, and His readiness to save. When Peter cried, “Lord, save me,” Jesus immediately reached out His hand. That is the comfort of the gospel. Our hope is not found in the strength of our grip on Christ, but in the strength of Christ’s grip on us. Even trembling faith that cries out to Jesus is not ignored by Him.

So the main lesson is not merely, “Be brave like Peter.” The deeper lesson is: trust the Christ who calls, sustains, and saves. Obedience may lead us into places where our weakness is exposed, but it also leads us into deeper knowledge of who Jesus is. Sometimes the Lord allows us to feel our inability so that we may learn more fully His power, mercy, and worthiness.

The question, then, is not only why Peter sank, but whether we are willing to obey when Christ says, “Come.” What step of faith, submission, repentance, or obedience is the Lord calling you to take?

The safest place is not always the boat. The safest place is wherever Jesus commands us to be.”

From: “Faith Cast PH” (FB)

I've thought about this myself. We talk about Peter's failure to keep walking, but it took courage to walk out onto the wind-tossed sea! I don't think many of us could have done it if a physical Jesus hadn't been right in front of us.

Mike Gallagher, the 8th most recognized talk radio personality, in the U.S.A., is heard by over 2.25 million

listeners weekly. He compiled and wrote the following essay entitled,

"Obama: It was You."

* It was you who spoke these words at an Islamic dinner - "I am one of you."

* It was you who on ABC News referenced - "My Muslim faith."

* It was you who gave $100 million in U.S. taxpayer funds to re-build foreign mosques.

* It was you who wrote that in the event of a conflict- "I will stand with the Muslims."

* It was you who assured the Egyptian Foreign Minister that - "I am a Muslim."

* It was you who bowed in submission before the Saudi King.

* It was you who sat for 20 years in a Liberation Theology Church condemning America and professing Marxism.

* It was you who exempted Muslims from penalties under Obamacare that the rest of us have to pay.

* It was you who purposefully omitted - "endowed by our Creator " - from your recitation of The Declaration Of

Independence.

* It was you who mocked the Bible and Jesus Christ's Sermon On The Mount while repeatedly referring to the 'HOLY' Qur'an.

* It was you who traveled the Islamic world denigrating the United States Of America.

* It was you who instantly threw the support of your administration behind the building of the Ground Zero Victory mosque overlooking the hallowed crater of the World Trade Center.

* It was you who refused to attend the National Prayer Breakfast, but hastened to host an Islamic prayer breakfast at the

White House

* It was you who ordered Georgetown Univ. and Notre Dame to shroud all vestiges of Jesus Christ BEFORE you would

agree to go there to speak, but in contrast, you have NEVER requested the mosques you have visited to adjust their decor.

* It was you who appointed anti-Christian fanatics to your Czar Corps.

* It was you who appointed rabid Islamists to Homeland Security.

* It was you who said that NASA's "foremost mission" was an outreach to Muslim communities.

* It was you who as an Illinois Senator was the ONLY individual who would speak in favor of infanticide.

* It was you who was the first President not to give a Christmas Greeting from the White House, and went so far as to hang

photos of Chairman Mao on the White House tree.

* It was you who curtailed the military tribunals of all Islamic terrorists.

* It was you who refused to condemn the Ft. Hood killer as an Islamic terrorist.

* It is you who has refused to speak-out concerning the horrific executions of women throughout the Muslim culture,

but yet, have submitted Arizona to the UN for investigation of hypothetical human-rights abuses.

* It was you who when queried in India refused to acknowledge the true extent of radical global Jihadists, and instead

profusely praised Islam in a country that is 82% Hindu and the victim of numerous Islamic terrorists assaults.

* It was you who funneled $900 Million in U.S. taxpayer dollars to Hamas.

* It was you who ordered the United States Postal Service to honor the MUSLIM holiday with a new commemorative stamp.

* It was you who directed our UK Embassy to conduct outreach to help "empower" the British Muslim community.

* It was you who funded mandatory Arabic language and culture studies in Grammar schools across our country.

* It is you who follows the Muslim custom of not wearing any form of jewelry during Ramadan.

* It is you who departs for Hawaii over the Christmas season so as to avoid past criticism for NOT participating in seasonal

White House religious events.

* It was you who was uncharacteristically quick to join the chorus of the Muslim Brotherhood to depose Egypt's Hosni

Mubarak, formerly America's strongest ally in North Africa; but, remain muted in your non-response to the Brotherhood

led slaughter of Egyptian Christians.

* It was you who appointed your chief adviser, Valerie Jarrett, an Iranian, who is a member of the Muslim Sisterhood, an

off-shoot of the Muslim Brotherhood.

* It was you who said this country is not a Christian nation.