Sailors search for the wind. It’s vital, because they can’t move without it.
There are several ways to tell what the wind’s doing. We can look to the water itself. Is the surface flat, like a mirror? That tells us something. Can we find small patches of ripples? There’s wind in that location. Of course, larger waves, and even whitecaps, tell us more.
We attach small cords to our sails to help us know what the wind’s doing as our boat moves along. If our sail is taut, we’ve found just the wind we need. If it goes loose, we’ve lost the wind, and our boat will stop where it sits, waiting on the wind.
We have to be aware when there’s too much wind, also. Strong gusts can capsize us, driving us into the sea, and forcing us to abandon our boat.
We have to be able to see the wind if we want to reach our destination.
In Matthew 14:30 Peter was taking an amazing walk of faith. Jesus had said, “Come to me,” and Peter had stepped from his boat and walked to Jesus.
Then Peter saw the wind. In that moment it was all he could see. He took his eyes off his goal, Jesus, and he was overcome with the whitecaps, the gusts driving the waves, and the spray whipping through the air.
He began to sink. His faith had failed him, and he was about to capsize.
Yet, Peter did what we all should do. When his faith failed him, he cried to the only one who could reach out and lift him up.
He cried unto Jesus, calling, “Lord, save me.”
When all we can see is the wind, Peter’s experience shows us the way to salvation. We must call unto Christ. He is our only source of victory, and in him we will be pulled from the sea. He will return us to our vessel of security so that we may continue in his name, that through our example, others may one day come to find faith and rescue in him.
The winds can blow, but it’s the hand of Jesus that allows us to walk the troubled waters to get to the other side.
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