If You Don’t Get Out of the Boat, You’ll Never Walk on Water

Encouragement from someone who once would have stayed safely inside the boat

I love the story of Jesus walking on the water — and Peter walking right along with Him. You can find it in three Gospels — Matthew, Mark, and John. I’m not sure why Luke didn’t include it in his Gospel, but it’s kind of a big deal in the other three.

The thing I’ve always loved most about it is the way Peter just jumped out of the boat when Jesus called to him. But then he started to sink as soon as he took his eyes off Jesus.

If You Want to Float, Make Sure Your Faith Is Greater than Your Fear

In the past, I’ve always focused on Peter in studying this story. I could identify with him so much.

But today, as I was reading and studying Mark Batterson’s book, Draw the Circle (where the title of this story comes from), I realized something.

I can relate just as much to those guys who stayed on the boat.

How many guys got on the boat, and how…