The Peace of Christ's Presence in My Life (Matthew 14:22-33)

It is not unusual that on the conclusion of a major spiritual victory comes a great test to show us that we have not arrived yet.  The disciples had just witnessed the feeding of the 5,000.  That experience should have carried them for a long time.  Yet, they get into a boat and begin to travel to the other side of the Sea of Galilee and a terrible storm comes up and they think they are going to drown.  The Lord walks out to them on the water and they think He is a ghost.  At the Lord’s command, Peter steps out of the boat but takes his eyes off of the Lord and begins to sink.  The message here is clear.  We need to keep our eyes on Jesus during the good times and the difficult ones.  He will never let us down.