Walking On Water

 

What an interesting time we live in right now. It seems like with Covid-19 for the first time in history the entire world is “shook”. To a degree, the playing field has been leveled. No one really knows when life will resume as it once was or if this is the new normal. 

 

So why in the world am I still going on the world race?

Just because there is a global pandemic doesn’t mean my faith and relationship with Jesus has been put on pause.

People still need Jesus. They need to hear that there is hope and salvation available to them because of what Jesus did on the cross, but there comes a time in everyone’s life where we are presented with life-changing decisions. For some that might be taking a new job that is completely out of your expertise, or maybe it’s deciding what university to attend or maybe it’s just chocolate or vanilla ice cream, and to some degree, those decisions do alter the way the rest of life plays out.

I wish I could say choosing to say yes to going on the world race has been the easiest decision I’ve ever made in my life, but I would be lying. If I’m being totally honest the journey hasn’t even started and  I’ve already been presented with numerous challenges, but time and time again the Lord proves His faithfulness.                                                                          

I find that throughout our lives the Lord will present us with several opportunities to trust him. Those opportunities sometimes might look like walking off a cliff while wearing a blindfold or in Peter’s case out onto the water during a storm

(Matthew 14:22-33). 

When we read the story of Peter walking on to the water We can often get caught up in his little faith, but let us not neglect the fact that peter took a risk, he denied his flesh and his own understanding to trust Jesus calling and walked out unto the water. 

 

Following Jesus is going to come with some risk and uncertainty. We might catch ourselves in situations where we begin to doubt the goodness of God. Sometimes we might take our eyes off Jesus and begin to sink. Maybe you’re reading this and you feel like you have sunk so low that your fighting just to keep your head above water. One thing this is for certain is when we cry out to the name of Jesus he is always there to scoop us up and save us no matter how big the storm.

 

When I felt the tug on my heart to pursue The World Race, I knew it was going to come with a great cost. The feeling I got was similar to the feeling I got 4 years ago when the Lord asked me to trust him in something that was going to bring about a great life change. He asked me to go and plant a small house church. It didn’t make sense at the time. “Why would I leave my friends and an awesome church to plant a small house church with a bunch of strangers? It sounds stressful and uncomfortable, plus I’m not qualified. I can’t lead a church, I don’t have a seminary degree. Look at all this sin in my life.”  And I felt the Lord say “I just need your Yes and I’ll do the rest”

Little did I know that the Lord was going to do something radical in my life. He was going to build me up and strengthen me. He was going to increase my faith, He was going to free me from anxiety and depression and give me unspeakable joy.

Now several church plants later. I feel the same tug on my heart. To lean not on my own understanding, but fall into what he’s doing. Looking back I never knew what the outcome of my yes was going to be. It takes a level of risk, a level of faith, and making the decision to ignore my flesh and fall into what the Lord was asking me to do. There are still so many unknowns with The WR, but I can look back and see the Lord’s faithfulness over my life and that gives me the confidence that he’s going to be there to lead me through this thing.

So if you take away anything from this post. Don’t wait until you feel qualified to answer the call that the Lord has for you. Just say yes and walk out onto the water. If you fall he’s always there to catch you.