You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!  Trust in the Lord always, for the Lord God is the eternal Rock. Isaiah 26:3-4

Have you ever felt like something just wasn’t right? You walk around in a daze, you can’t keep your focus on task, you find yourself sinking and you don’t know why? Well here’s what the Lord showed me this morning; You have trust issues! WHAT? Lord, you know I trust you. I know that you will do what you said you will do. How can that be the issue?

Do you remember the big storm on the lake when the disciples saw Jesus walking on the water and thought they had seen a ghost? In response to Peter, Jesus told him to get out of the boat and come to him on the water, right? He heard Jesus, he saw Jesus, he answered the call of Jesus and he did indeed walk on the water, at least for a few minutes. Let’s read Matthew 14:30-31; But when he saw the strong wind and the waves, he was terrified and began to sink. “Save me, Lord!” he shouted. Jesus immediately reached out and grabbed him. “You have so little faith,” Jesus said.“Why did you doubt me?”

Do you see that? So many of us get a Word from the Lord to “Come to me!”, we leave our comfortable boat and for a few minutes we walk on water.  Here’s the part that happens to all of us, we begin to look at what’s happening around us and we begin to doubt God’s ability to keep his Word to us. The words we entertain, “Did God really say that?” is reinforced by very real wind and waves that try to swallow us in the very deep ocean of doubt and unbelief. It’s overwhelming! We take our eyes off Jesus, our prize for one moment and it’s like he has vanished in the dark night, leaving us alone and sinking.

Ah, but what was that opening verse from Isaiah 26:3-4? You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!  Trust in the Lord always, for the Lord God is the eternal Rock. YES! All I have to do is come against those thoughts that constantly beat against the shores of my mind and keep my eyes on Jesus, the living Word of God. 

What are you facing today? Like the children of Israel, are you picturing the giants in the land are bigger than the God who is for you? Don’t give away the power God gave you to defeat your enemy! Stop focusing on the ‘giants’ and focus on God. Stop looking at your situation and get your eyes back on Him. Is anything impossible with Him? Reach out your hand and ask for help! Peter did and so can you! It will only make you more aware of His ability to save, heal and deliver you.

So I will close with the words of Paul in Ephesians 3:16-21;

I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit.  Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong.  And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is.  May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.  Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen.