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Seeing ghosts?
Yesterday’s post seems to have hit a spot with many people. So I’ll continue on the subject. Read this carefully:
The disciples were terrified
in the boat because they thought they were seeing a ghost. It was nighttime, and all they could hear was a voice and see shadows.You may never be able to avoid fear, but you can look at it in the face and say “I’m coming to meet you on the water!” Someone once said, “Courage is not the absence of fear. It’s action in spite of it.”
Businesspeople, for example, are risk-takers. If you are afraid to take risks, you should never go into business for yourself. Instead, you should look for a job. Obviously taking risks does not mean you will just use your money carelessly. You will seek to minimize risk but you know that you might never be able to eliminate it. Every business involves risk. And that’s why you need faith (the opposite of fear) to do it!
Peter is normally thought of, and often criticized, as the disciple who denied Jesus three times for fear of being arrested. But truth be told, he was the only disciple who had the courage to go in where Jesus was being judged. Everybody else had gone hiding! They didn’t have the guts to be there! Similarly, Peter was the only one who had the courage to step out of the boat and walk on the water to meet the “ghost”.
You too should face your fears and just step out of your boat. Sure, things might go wrong at first. But even if it does, what you will learn from failure will pay off.