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WELCOME TO GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING

The title of today’s episode: STEPPING OUT OF THE BOAT OF FEAR

We are standing on the edge of a decision. Are we going to stay in the boat of fear with many other people or are we going to step out and try to walk on water? Will we stay in the boat of fear because everyone else does or will we be bold and brave and do what God says? Every one of the twelve had the same opportunity as Peter did that day. But they were too afraid to try. They saw Peter fail, they saw the size of the waves and they stayed huddled in the boat together. They even doubted if it was really Jesus. At times, it is easier to go with the crowd and not stand up for the right thing. That doesn’t make us the warriors God has called us to be, that makes us just one in a crowd of fearful people.

Fearful people do not want others to succeed. Because if they do, then they themselves will have to step out of their comfort zone. This is why they are often controlling and try to cause fear in others. They need to realize that God is no respecter of persons and will do for them the same as those of whom they are jealous.

We cannot allow others fears to become our fears. Satan loves to cause us to get into fear. In a heightened state, fear can be paralyzing. Satan wants us numbed and stuck in our own emotions of anxiety. Fear like any virus can be contagious. On the bright side so can faith.

Reading stories of David and how he boldly went against Goliath. From looking at that situation through natural eyes. That boy had only a few moments to live, he was going against a trained warrior. One who was twice his height and who knows  how many times stronger. But David had boldness and stepped out when all the others we paralyzed by fear. God would have gone with any of those soldiers and defeated Goliath, because they were his children. Goliath was an enemy to God. But yet they stood in the unison of fear.  

It is not easy to take that step. We all have our reasons for not wanting to get out of the boat. But it is in those stepping out moments that we find faith we never knew we had within us. We gain valuable experience that we can use to draw on in the future.

Stepping out of the boat will help us draw closer to God. I don’t want to cower in the boat of fear with the rest. I want to be strong and have faith that says, Jesus said, “Come” so I am going.  The rest thought Jesus was a ghost or spirit. They didn’t believe he was really walking on the water. Peter learned to be bold because God was making him a vessel he could use to change the world.

Are you still in the boat, because you are waiting for the right time to shine? You are waiting to hear Jesus, say “Come”.  If you are waiting on God’s timing then be praying about the strength to step out when it is your turn. Many will never step up to the edge. Many will never be strong enough to step out and do what God has for them to do.

We are human, we will fail and fall just as Peter did, if we lose our focus for even a second. When we allow the waves of life to seem bigger to us that our Jesus. But even when the waves come and the winds blow, no harm will come to us. Jesus is there to lift us up out of the water. We just have to be willing to take that first step.

We may never take out a Goliath or literally walk on the water. But we all face moments that define us and our future. When that moment comes will we be ready to step out in faith or will we give into fear? I pray I am strong enough to step out of the boat of fear and on to the water of the future. A place where I do not allow fear to define me, but I allow God to define me.

We all know that fear is a liar. God cannot lie and he says we are bold warriors in his army.

Prov 28:1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

The next time you feel as timid as a mouse, remember God says you are bold as a lion.

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

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