Jesus walks on the water today in Mark 6:45. Now I don't know how deeply you look into this. On the surface, Jesus walking on the water is pretty amazing in its own right but there is more at play here.
To begin with, imagine you feel led to say goodbye to people and then pray by yourself even though you need to cross the sea which you can't do without a boat. Do you say:
a) Sorry God, I'll pray later. I need my lift in the boat
b) I'll do it God but then you need to find me another boat to cross in
c) Yeah, that's great. I'll walk across the water later and probably overtake them anyway?
A? Yep. Me as well. What actually happened here? At what point did Jesus know he could walk across the water and that this was OK despite it being a bit 'unnatural'? At what point did he have a conversation with his Father where he said, "sorry dad, I thought you said walk on water for a second".
It is challenging because it is another example of where the sky really was the limit for Jesus and should be for us. We should always be able to say, "I'll do what you want Lord and I know that you are able to provide the means even in the face of the impossible".
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