Matthew 14:28-30 - "Lord, if
it's you," Peter replied, "tell me to come to you on the water." "Come," he
said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward
Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried
out, "Lord, save me!" (NIV)
After my "conversion/collision" with God in 1988, life
did not exactly smooth out, but instead, became more challenging. Doing things
His way instead of my own forced me out of the "boat" of my own comfort and onto
the treacherous sea to which He has called me.
In 1996, God gave me a "push" to move my family from
Houston to Fort Worth, here in Texas, USA. A job opened up in the Fort Worth
area, and I took it, and left my wife the "joy" of selling our home in Houston.
Within a few months, the company's owner began secluding himself in his office
and acting strangely distant to the employees. Then, the news came down that he
was selling the company, and my new position was in jeopardy.
Like Peter, I had stepped out of the boat in faith,
but now, I was starting to sink. And I was taking my whole family down -- wife,
teenagers, dogs, and all!
There was nothing left to do but yell, "Lord, save
me!"
What did God do? In His own peculiar way, after a few
weeks passed by, He opened the door for me with a company of aging owners. They
wanted somebody on board with my "in-depth" experience to help them sell their
company. They were great to me and treated this prodigal like one of their own.
It would not be the last time that Love incarnate
would pull me out of the sea of trouble.
"Lord, save me!" How many times have we been sinking
in life? We have lost a job or a loved one, or suffered some other type of
setback. It looks hopeless. We are sinking, and sinking fast. "Lord, save me!"
Friends, if God calls us out of the boat that we are
in, or the job, or the situation, we should ask only one question: "Lord, is it
You?" Then we should follow our heart to Him, keeping our eyes upon Him and
ignoring the winds and the waves of life. Should we begin to sink, we need
remember this short prayer: "Lord, save me!"
Prayer: Father God, please give us the courage to "get
out of the boat" -- the boat of our misery, selfishness, and feelings of
unworthiness -- and come to You when You call, no matter what the cost. Amen.
David Sheehan
davidjsheehan100@yahoo.com
Crowley, Texas, USA
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