(DOWNLOAD) "Peter Got Out of the Boat" by Shirley Stahl * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Peter Got Out of the Boat
- Author : Shirley Stahl
- Release Date : January 16, 2011
- Genre: Religion & Spirituality,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 340 KB
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What separates a person from others in a crowd? What makes them different, able to see things that are excluded from the vision of another? “Why can’t others see what is right before their eyes”? I once asked the Lord. He said, “Because they are not looking.” Peter was looking and Peter saw something no other disciple saw that night on the Sea of Galilee.
Peter was moved to action while the other disciples huddled in the seeming safety net of the heaving boat in a state of passivity. The question is, “What made Peter act differently”? The answer is found in his willingness to abandon personal safety, friends, human logic, everything but the desire to reach Jesus. No cost was too great to achieve this goal.
Peter was a man, human in every respect, yet he did something incredibly beyond what most of us would think of trying, let alone actually doing. He walked on water but walking on water wasn’t his goal. He had something much more important in mind. He was determined to be with Jesus NOW.
A student of scripture can see that Peter wanted not simply to follow Jesus, but to be close to Him, walk in step with Him. This is love. It is love when a person wants the best for another, wants to protect and cherish the loved one, cling to every word that is said by the loved one. Love narrows the scope of vision, shutting out the world with its many distractions, to wholeheartedly concentrate on the one loved. Peter loved the Lord and the Lord loved Peter.
A person may look at Peter and wish to be as he was: full of strength, courage, and undeniable singleness of heart. His eyes were riveted upon the silhouette of a figure coming toward the boat. When he recognized the voice that called to be that of Jesus, Peter couldn’t wait. He wanted to be with Jesus, close enough to hear the brush of Jesus’ garments as He walked, close enough to hear Jesus breathing. That close. But before our hero could conquer the waves, he had to first conquer fear and doubt, enemies who like to camp on the doorstep of a person’s soul and interfere with faith.