Help Lord, Help!

"Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, 'Lord, save me!'" – Matthew 14:30.

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Long ago there was a TV Ad where a fellow is walking merrily along the sidewalk (footpath) minding his own business. As he looks up, he sees an attractive woman coming towards him. As he fixes his gaze on her and keeps walking, he is suddenly and rudely awakened as he walks directly into a lamppost.

If this were true, one could just imagine the woman in question being highly amused.

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I know we must have certainly walked into things when we were looking in the wrong direction……or even worse, when we were looking in the right direction but our mind was on something else.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. Even more important is to be constantly aware of the trouble we can get into if or when we take our eyes off the Lord and decide to go our own way.

It's hard to imagine Peter being afraid of sinking in the lake when he took his eyes off the Lord. Being a fisherman, Peter surely was a powerful swimmer. I couldn't imagine him not being one. For whatever reason Peter was afraid and, fortunately for him, as soon as he realized he was in trouble, he looked back to Jesus and cried out, "Lord, save me."

That's a good lesson for us to do likewise when we take our eyes off the Lord and acknowledge the fact that we are either in trouble or heading towards it.

If you have taken your eyes off the Lord and are sinking, call out to Him, “Lord, save me,” and He will be right beside you.

Stay Blessed!