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Truly I always wonder who came up with the costumes and the candy thing. No undivided attention now for this is important to many. When growing up, there was even then some who did not approve and I can see why. Some I knew had gotten you know those "razor blades" in their candy bars. Yes pretty destructive behavior if it was done by kids indeed.
Was reminded of the ghost in Matthew 14:26. Already troubled by high water waves, these grown men went further to the depths of "crazy thinking and crazy speaking"!
Matthew 14:22-33 NKJV 22 Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, while He sent the multitudes away. 23 and when He had sent the multitudes away, he went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. Now when evening came, he was alone there. 24 But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, tossed by the waves, for the wind was contrary. 25 Now in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went to them, walking on the sea. 26 And when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, “It is a ghost!” And they cried out for fear. 27 But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Be of good cheer! It is I; do not be afraid.” 28 And Peter answered Him and said, “Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.” 29 so he said, “Come.” And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus. 30 But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!” 31 And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him, and said to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?” 32 And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased. 33 Then those who were in the boat came and worshiped Him saying, ‘Truly, You are the Son of God.”
Was thinking and meditating on
this for some days now! Went
and looked up in the Dake’s Bible and it had some interesting things to say
about the fisherman in that day. They say the fisherman”, had this thinking
like an old “fable” that if they saw a ghost walking on the water, their ship
would sink and all would die! Yeah, they had faith in fantasy. Now that will
surely kill you for certain!
Jesus had just come from prayer
time with His Father. He was in unity with His Father and came walking on
“water”. Peter
already had some amount of doubt within his heart and even in his speaking, he
expresses it. “Lord, if it is You,
command me to come to you on the water.”
That is a dangerous place to be. In truth, we are to seek Jesus and truly
see Him. (there is no life in ghosts, zombies or satan)
Hebrews 2:9…But we see Jesus…( He
who tasted death for everyone)
Hebrews 3:1 Amp. Bible …who share
in the heavenly calling thoughtfully and attentively consider Jesus…( be
attentive that Jesus is the APOSTLE, GOD’S REPRESENTATIVE TO US & as our
High Priest He is our representative to God)
Hebrews 12:2 ….looking unto
Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.
Undivided attention was what
Jesus held for those He ministered to in the multitude. He sought the Father
when the people were sent away. AND He, Jesus, followed in more prayer for the
disciples. He sought prayer for the disciples, those in His care. Motivated by
power from on high, Jesus walked across the turbulent waters….that under His
feet, He Jesus would go to those under His care.
He, the
High Priest we know of from Hebrews 3, He who walked in seeking to care for His
own, prayed to the Father and went out in power of God to do what He did. He,
Jesus, sought through prayer the next step in obedience to the Father.
Peter cried out, “Lord if it is
You, command me to come to you on water.” I wonder how many times we just climbed out to
show the “peeps, the crowd of believer’s, those who walk with us …that we have
our trust in the Lord only to find, we question the move, we question that
which is turbulent around us and then ask: Lord if it is You, command me……WHEN
our truest example was given to us from this very passage of scripture to
change our lives. WE are to see Jesus and know Him for His prayer life and of His
love for people. We are to be thoughtful in that and very attentive on Jesus as
our High Priest, who also intercedes for us to the Father.
As the
builder of the bridge between two hearts, we also must seek to see that bridge
is built of ours to the Father through Jesus and of the bridge between other
believer’s in Christ. Jesus stretched out His hand and caught Peter and said to
him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?”
Adventure,
indeed, turbulence mentioned, still prayer played a key here. Another is that
our thoughts should be fixed on Jesus. Being reminded He was not reflective or
moved into old wives tales, of seeing ghosts on the water and of ships sinking, Jesus waivered not of the boisterous waves.
These kind of things can appear
in your life, but remember to take away from it prayer and thanksgiving that
Jesus is truly the Son of God! When it is time, you will walk where He desires you to be and do what He commands. YOU will be strengthened to go through and make a difference in your community for His glory and to His praise. Amen!
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