It was the fall of 2015 when my life changed and I was no longer just a father. Sometimes when you find the opportunity to be someone or something you grab a hold of it and do it to the best of yourself.
We were never meant to live that way, our lives were to be full of days of paradise, not of strife and struggle. But here we are on the wrong side of the fall and we are here to try to do it on our own, or so I thought.
Then Peter called to him, “Lord, if it’s really you, tell me to come to you, walking on the water.”
“Yes, come” Jesus Replied
So Peter one over the side of the boat and walked on the water toward Jesus. But when he saw the strong wind and the waves, he was terrified and began to sing. “Save me Lord!” he shouted
Jesus immediately reached out and grabbed him. “You have so little faith,” Jesus said “Why did you doubt me?”
You see how I saw the heavenly father was a lot like my interpretation of this scripture for far to long. I focused so much on Peter failing and then on Jesus saying “You have so little faith, why did you doubt me”. You see I skipped write over the most beautiful thing about our heavenly father, “Jesus immediately reached out and grabbed him.” I never stopped to see that he saved him, first, that he grabbed his hand to pull him to safety before simply asking why do you doubt me. Not the scolding punishment that we tend to put on God to often.
It is from this passage that I learned it is not about being the best version of yourself. It is about letting the Father in, letting him shine through you. This doesn’t mean that you won’t stumble and begin to sink in the water, but if you do I guarantee you there will be the hand there to save you and remind you that working on our doubt of the father is worth every opportunity we give it.
Men an opportunity is ahead of us. Tomorrow morning the Fall Boot Camp will open. If you have never been, I challenge you to get there. These four days in the fall our one of the greatest investments you can make into your relationship with the Father. Hope to see you there.
