I Look to You

"Lord if it's you," Peter says, "Tell me to come to you on the water" Matt 14:28 NIV

Peter is not testing Jesus; he is pleading with Jesus. Stepping onto a stormy sea is not a move of logic; it is a move of desperation. Peter grabs the edge of the boat. Throws out a leg... follows with the other. Several steps are taken. It's as if an invisible ridge of rocks runs beneath his feet. At the end of the ridge is the glowing face of a never-say-die friend.

We do the same don't we? We come to Christ in an hour of deep need. We abandon the boat of good works. We realize... that human strength won't save us. So we look to God in desperation. We realize... that all the good works in the world are puny when laid before the Perfect One.

Max Lucado, Grace for the Moment.

Mark 8:29 "But who do you say that i am?"
Who do you say Jesus is? Who is He to you?
"If God is for us, who can be against us?" Roms 8:31