What causes your faith in Christ to vanish?

Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?” Matthew 14:31

After speaking to the masses in a remote location, Jesus dismissed the crowd and told His disciples to take the boat to the other side of the lake. He needed to be with His Father to pray for wisdom and direction.

It was just before dawn and Jesus was alone. He saw the strong wind and in the far distance was the boat with His disciples.

Jesus began to walk on the water towards the boat. The disciples were terrified when they saw Jesus and believed He was a ghost.

Peter said if this is you Jesus tell me to come to you. Jesus replied “Come”.
Then Jesus said “Have courage. It is I. Do not be afraid.” Peter acted on the words of Jesus and got out of the boat and walked on the water towards Jesus.

Peter briefly took his eyes off Jesus and saw the strong wind and became terrified. He started to sink and cried out to Jesus to save Him.

Jesus reached out his hand and caught Peter. Jesus responded “you of little faith,” and said “why did you doubt?”

There are so many truths in this story that are helpful in walking with God. However, I am going to focus on Peter. He is just like you and me.

First, Peter understood the authority and power of Jesus. He was not going to attempt to walk on water until He heard the voice of Jesus say “come”.

Peter trusted Jesus and all was going well until He took His eyes off Jesus. At this moment he reverted from walking by faith to yielding to his human emotions. And, Peter failed in his command from Jesus.

Today, you will hear the command of Jesus to “Come”. This might be in reference to your work, dealing with family or others, or the responsibilities of life. Your success will come by walking in unyielding faith with Christ and keeping your eyes focused on Him.

Like Peter, there will be distractions around you today and they can easily create confusion, anxiety or doubt. And, the moment you succumb to these feelings you will start to drown.

Without faith it is impossible to please God!