ReCharge Message: Why Did You Doubt?
Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?” ~Matthew 14: 31 We are familiar with the story of Jesus walking on the water. And how Peter, because he lacked faith, sank when he walked out to Jesus on the water. That's the lesson we generally associate with these verses. But the first time the read the story in Matthew 14: 22-31, I got something else from it as well. Do you know what I originally thought Jesus was talking about when he asked “Why did you doubt?” I understood why Peter doubted his ability to walk on water. To my mind, it took tremendous faith in God to just step out of the boat, let alone to find his faith sufficient to carry him ON the water. What I couldn’t understand is why Peter and the disciples didn’t recognize Jesus in the storm. “Lord, if it’s you tell me to come to you on the water.” King James: If it be thou, bid me come New American ...