19/05/2026
SCRIPTURE: MATT 14: 30-31
BUT WHEN HE SAW THE WIND, HE WAS AFRAID & BEGINNING TO SINK, CRIED OUT, "LORD, SAVE ME!" IMMEDIATELY JESUS REACHED OUT HIS HAND & CAUGHT HIM. "YOU LITTLE FAITH, HE SAID, "WHY DID YOU DOUBT?
REFLECTION:
IN THIS PASSAGE, WE WILL SEE THAT SIMON PETER'S FAITH WAS SHAKEN WHEN HE BEGIN TO DOUBT IN HIS SELF & STARTED TO LOST HIS FOCUS ON JESUS THEN HE SINK. IT IS ALSO HIGHLIGHTS THAT PETER'S CRY OUT FOR HELP IS A MODEL OF PRAYER & DEPENDENCE ON GOD, WHEN HE DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO BUT CALL ON TO GOD.
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF JESUS CALLING PETER "YOU OF LITTLE FAITH, WHY DID YOU DOUBT." IT IS A REBUKE OF LOVE OF JESUS TO PETER & THE LESSON IS ABOUT
TRUSTING HIM FULLY & NEVER DOUBT.
THE MESSAGE IS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR FAITH & NOT LETTING OUR TRIALS/ PROBLEMS/FEAR BE THE REASON TO DOUBT JESUS BUT TO TRUST HIM.
PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, THE KEY ARE FAITH VS. FEAR. THE IMPORTANCE OF FOCUSING ON JESUS RATHER THAN TO OUR CIRCUMSTANCES TO DISTRACT US. THE CONSEQUENCES OF OUR DOUBT & JESUS READINESS TO SAVE US WHICH WE CALL HELP TO HIM & WHEN WE CRY ON HIM. IT IS ALSO ABOUT TRUSTING HIM & FOCUSING ON HIM EVEN
IN THE STORMS OF OUR LIFE.
OUR FEAR CAN SINK US BUT OUR FAITH CAN SAVE US MOST.
I LEARN 3 THING IN THIS VERSE:
1.THE SAVIOR'S GRASPβ¨
π IN TIMES OR IN A MOMENT WHEN OUR FAITH BECOMES LITTLE. ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT OUR SAVIOR GRASP IS WITHIN REACH & WILL GIVE US AN IMMEDIATE RESCUE WHEN WE ARE SO VERY DOWN IN LIFE.
2. GOD'S HAND ARE WILLING TO SAVE US. β¨
πJUST CALL ON HIM & REACH HIS
HAND. THE MOMENT THAT YOU
HOLD IT NEVER LET GO JUST HOLD IT TIGHTLY. NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF REACHING GOD'S HAND.
3. THERE IS A GREAT RESCUE EVEN
IN A LITTLE FAITH. β¨
π IN A MOMENT OF OUR FEAR OR
OUR DOUBTS. IT IS OK TO FALTER.
A CRY FOR HELP TO OUR GOD WILL SURELY FIND US & TO TAKE US
IN OUR SALVATION. DOUBT IS A STORM BUT FAITH IS THE ANCHOR. SOMETIMES, THE STORM OF DOUBT WILL RAGES WITHIN US.
IN THAT SAME MOMENT WE NEED
TO CLING TO OUR FAITH AS OUR
ANCHOR & IT IS GOD.
APPLICATION:
AS A BELIEVER OF CHRIST. WE NEED TO FOCUS ON JESUS.
WE SHOULD TRUST GOD MOST. SPECIALLY IN A MIDST OF STORM
OF OUR LIFE.
IT IS ALSO TEACHES US THE IMPORTANCEOF MAINTAINING OUR FAITH IN A MIDST OF STORM THAT OUR FAITH MUST BE HIGHER THAN OUR FEAR.
AS A BELIEVER WE NEED TO FULLY DEPEND ON GOD & KEEP OUR FOCUS TO HIM. πππ