Walking By Faith

And so now as we take a closer look at Peter’s walk of faith there are 4 things I want to talk about. THE SUCCESS IN THE WALK, THE SINKING IN THE WALK, THE SAVING IN THE WALK, and THE SCOLDING AFTER THE WALK.

THE SUCCESS IN THE WALK

{1} First of all, let us look at THE SUCCESS IN THE WALK. The bible says in v. 29 that after Peter asked to walk on the water, Jesus told him to come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. Now when we think of Peter walking on the water, we normally only think of him sinking. But Peter did have some success before he started sinking. And the reason why Peter was successful is because he believed the Word of God. Peter began his walk on the water by faith in the Word of the Lord. Jesus told Peter to Come. And Peter stepped out of the boat on just ONE WORD because he believed THE WORD. Yes, the water was deep, the wind was strong, and the waves were high, but Peter still stepped out on the Word of the Lord. And church, we can always step out on the Word of God. We can always stand on the Word of God. Because whatever God said will hold us up. Whatever God said will build us up. That’s why we need to stop sitting on the premises and start standing on the promises of God. You can always put your faith in the Word of God.

Let me say a word to the young people: If you really want to be successful in life then you got to obey the Word of God. Keep God’s Word in front of you. Let the Word of God be a lamp to your feet and a light to your path. Let the Word of God lead you. Let the Word of God guide you.

SUBPOINT#1 And that which seemed impossible became possible because Peter believed the word. Somehow Peter knew that everything is possible to him that believes. There is no danger in walking by faith.

THE SINKING IN THE WALK

{2}But then secondly, not only do we see THE SUCCESS IN THE WALK but we also see THE SINKING IN THE WALK. The bible says that Peter started out well walking on the water; but after a short way, he became afraid and began to sink. The verse says, “He saw the wind boisterous”. Now it was not the actual wind itself that he saw; but it was the effects of the wind. And then Peter started to worry, and that’s when he started to sink. Peter took his eyes off of Christ and instead put them on the circumstances. *******And church I don’t know who I am talking to this morning, but there is somebody here and you have taken your eyes off Christ and put them on your circumstances. And because your eyes are on your circumstances instead of on the Lord, then you have started to sink in what you should be walking on. . Stop sinking in your circumstances and start walking on top of your circumstances. Stop sinking in your situation and start walking on top off your situation. Stop sinking in your condition and start walking on top of your condition. Peter started sinking in what he should have been walking on.

But you know church I believe that the devil had his hand in this somewhere. I believe that the devil tempted Peter to take his eyes off Jesus. *******The devil will always tempt us to take our eyes off Jesus. The devil wants us to walk by sight instead of walking by faith. Because he knows that if he can get you to walk by sight then he can get you to go under what you should be going over. He can get you to go below what you should be above. He can get you to be less than when you can be more than. He can get you to give in to the same old temptations. He can get you to go down into the same old sins. But you have to do is that you got to learn how to stay up. And the way to stay up is to walk by faith. Yea, stay up. Stay up. Stay up.