{"id":274,"date":"2010-08-11T15:47:28","date_gmt":"2010-08-11T14:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.pender.org.uk\/?p=274"},"modified":"2011-08-26T11:44:50","modified_gmt":"2011-08-26T10:44:50","slug":"wot-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pender.org.uk\/index.php\/2010\/08\/wot-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Wot water?"},"content":{"rendered":"

24<\/sup>Meanwhile, the disciples were in trouble far away from land, for a strong wind had risen, and they were fighting heavy waves. 25<\/sup> About three o’clock in the morning Jesus came toward them, walking on the water. 26<\/sup> When the disciples saw him walking on the water, they were terrified. In their fear, they cried out, “It’s a ghost!”
27<\/sup> But Jesus spoke to them at once. “Don’t be afraid,” he said. “Take courage. I am here!”
28<\/sup>Then Peter called to him, “Lord, if it’s really you, tell me to come to you, walking on the water.”
29<\/sup> “Yes, come,” Jesus said. So Peter went over the side of the boat and walked on the water toward Jesus.
30<\/sup> But when he saw the strong wind and the waves, he was terrified and began to sink. “Save me, Lord!” he shouted.
31<\/sup> Jesus immediately reached out and grabbed him. “You have so little faith,” Jesus said. “Why did you doubt me?” (Matthew 14:24-31)<\/p>\n

\"Fishing<\/a>Holy Bible, New Living Translation<\/h5>\n

Bearing in mind that Peter had actually had the faith to step out of the boat, it seems a harsh judgement to say that he had so little faith. Obviously, Jesus is measuring Peter’s faith in a linear way – he is saying that he didn’t have enough faith to last.<\/p>\n

Peter stepped out of the boat, walked on water, and ran out of faith!<\/p>\n

Don’t run out – it will only get you down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jesus immediately reached out and grabbed him. “You have so little faith,” Jesus said. “Why did you doubt me?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[157,33,48,55,67,153],"class_list":["post-274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian","tag-disciples","tag-faith","tag-jesus","tag-lord","tag-sea","tag-walking-on-the-water","category-5","description-off"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfWaLo-4q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7131,"url":"https:\/\/pender.org.uk\/index.php\/2022\/10\/7-the-big-sea\/","url_meta":{"origin":274,"position":0},"title":"7 – The Big Sea","author":"Robert Pender","date":"27\/10\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=\"7132\" img_size=\"full\" alignment=\"center\" style=\"vc_box_shadow_3d\"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]For most of the first 20 years of my life I lived next to the Clyde, a beautiful river with stunning scenery around it. 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