one of the most important things in our life is our health. without our physical well-being, it's hard to go about carrying out daily routine. illnesses, diseases and all sorts of ailments caused us discomfort but as Ps Khong said, that if we trust in Him, we will be healed. That sometimes, we are healed, but without that firm trust in Him, we lose that healing. My body had been broken countless times from my basketball days and when the call was made, I went and all God said to me was: trust.
it's amazing that God re-affirmed this when jennifer from mel side, asked me to give a short lesson to victoriette while we were chilling after service. It was a short story, aptly titled "Peter Trusts Jesus". Well, here's the background of the story, Matthew 14:22-33.
22Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. 23After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, 24but the boat was already a considerable distance from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it. 25During the fourth watch of the night Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. 26When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. "It's a ghost," they said, and cried out in fear. 27But Jesus immediately said to them: "Take courage! It is I. Don't be afraid." 28"Lord, if it's you," Peter replied, "tell me to come to you on the water." 29"Come," he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. 30But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, "Lord, save me!" 31Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. "You of little faith," he said, "why did you doubt?" 32And when they climbed into the boat, the wind died down. 33Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God."
Like the disciples, all of us are caught up in storms at one point or another, struggling with problems. In verse 22, it says that Jesus made His disciples get onto the boat and into the stormy sea. When God sends us out into a storm, He has a purpose for us. The Lord will use a storm to help us grow in our walk with Him. Verse 25 tells us that the disciples didn't recognize that it is Jesus, The disciples, even though they have spent much time with Jesus, don't recognize him in the storm. How true, that sometimes we don't recognize the Lord when he comes to us in the middle of our "storms." Peter took a step of faith, came out of the boat and walked on water. I guess Peter realise that it is better to be with Jesus without a boat than be in a boat without Jesus. He obeyed God's command, faith is when it is accompanied by actions. But he began to sink, because he took his eyes off God and instead begin to look at circumstances. The realisation of the winds and waves divided his attention from God. the difference between walking on water and sinking in despair is in our eyes.
When we keep our eyes on Jesus, we’re able to walk on water. Our is desire is only on drawing near to him and nothing will stand in our way. But when we start looking: at our circumstances, at our situation, at the storms in life, we lose faith and it causes us to sink. Unbelief puts our circumstance between us and God, but faith puts God between us and ourcircumstances. Taking our eyes off Jesus, and focusing on the difficult circumstances will cause us to get under our problems. But when we cry out to Jesus, he catches us by the hand and raises us above the seemingly impossible surroundings. Peter starts out with good intentions, but his faith falters. This does not, however, end up in failure. Peter, even in his fear, cries out to the Lord, the only one who can help him. When Jesus gets in the boat, the storm ceases. When we have Jesus "in our boat" the storms of life will be calmed.
I have a back problem, that when I sit/stand for too long, my back would 'freeze up' and that sometimes it's so bad that I can only sleep on my stomach. I'm serving as a signaller in the Army and many a times, I am carrying heavy loads that would aggravate my problem. My wrists, knees and ankles are battered and when it's about to rain or if the weather is cold, they would begin to hurt. But I believe God would heal me, eventually, for like Ps Khong said there are many levels of healing and I will trust Him. Like what I've told victoriette, "For nothing is impossible with God." (Luke 1:37), so brothers and sisters, have you placed your trust in Jesus today?
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