Rise Above Your Fears With Overwhelming Grace
I have often heard of the story of Jesus walking over water, and that of Peter whom He summoned to come to Him. So many times, yes, I have heard it, yet I never truly understood.
How it felt to walk over the waters. How it felt to be truly dependent on someone, and yet so truly free.
Oh, how joyful it could have been! How frightening, but how joyful! It’s almost like flying, like soaring over thin air.
Yet how much faith does a person really possess? Enough to step over the water, enough to do that one act of trust, of surrender, and yet not enough to walk the long path towards Jesus.
“Why did you doubt? Oh, you of little faith!”
Why could you not sustain your faith? Why could you not carry on toward the end? Why could you not believe your joy? Why could you not believe that the man at the other side of the lake is there to make sure that you receive joy, and that you may have it to the full?
God’s Grace is so great, so much that it overwhelms us!
And after a few steps over the water, after a few breathtaking, joyful moments beyond any comparison, we doubt if we are ever allowed to go on. Within ourselves we know we don’t deserve this much. It overwhelms us that we are frightened and we don’t know what to do.
For who are we to deserve this? Who are we to walk over the creatures of the sea? We are not even adept at walking over land, where we often stumble, and yet here we are where we do not belong. What are we doing walking over the waters? Who are we at all?
Just when Jesus intends to give us the next great experience, we start to sink in disbelief. Just when He is about to command the next big wave to bow before us, we tremble with the surging tides around. In our heart we desire for more, yet we couldn’t believe it. We want to go on yet we are afraid that God may soon raise the stop signal, and so we make the first step to halt. We couldn’t bare the anticipation and so we decide to quit before He even tells us so.
Yet my friend, there is no quitting. And there are no stop lights. Only our fears do that. Only our disbelief. Only our incapacity to accept more grace, more blessings, more joy in every approaching moment than we ever dreamed we could possess.
May we learn to rise above our fears. May we learn to walk over the waters!
Knowing Grace Again
Grace. Do we still know her? Do we know how she looks like?
She with the kindest eyes. She with the sweetest smile. She with the warmest heart.
How long has it been since we remembered? How long since we received something by surprise?
We have labored long. We have fought for our rights. We seized what we thought we deserved.
Wasn't it justice we claimed with our hands?
But if we have won, why do we feel so tired? If we have done rightly, why do we feel empty within?
Was it because despite everything, we feel something's missing in our lives? Was it because in trying to fight for our way, we have left everyone else behind?
Foolish pride. We made it without needing anyone else. And shouldn't we be happy? Why do we feel so alone?
If only we could remember her. She with the humblest of smiles. She with the gentlest kind of eyes.
Grace. She knew how to be so weak, and yet she has come out strong. She knew how to be cast aside, and yet she has prevailed in the company of her beloved one.
What was it that she had? Help when she was lost. Hope when she walked in the dark.
She alone has conquered despair. She with a grateful heart! In the end, it was the humble who were blessed. It was the poor who found so much!
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“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.” - Psalm 147:3-4
-When you feel broken
-You are God’s beloved
-You can trust His wounded heart
-When God looks at you
-When you look at Jesus
-To forgive and to let go
-Will you ever smile again?
“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.” - Psalm 147:3-4
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