PETER, OR THE ELEVEN

"Failure is an event, not a person. Yesterday ended last night." - Zig Ziglar 

Which?

Someone said, "Fall seven times, stand up eight." Do you know that failing, is not ALWAYS failure, because failure is not the opposite of success, it's a part of success. You'll never know what possibilities lie in front of you, until you try - step out in faith - not minding the possibility of failing.

The decision to succeed involves a choice between risk and comfort. To be a follower of Jesus, we must chose to renounce comfort as the ultimate value of our lives: we’re built to enjoy comfort. Truth is, water walkers master failure. Failure is not an event, but a judgment about an event. It's not something that happens to us, or a label we attach to things. It is a way we think about outcomes. Do you think Peter failed? In a way he did. His doubts were stronger than his faith. 'He saw the wind.' He took his eyes off of where they should have been. He sank. He failed.
In actual fact, there were eleven bigger failures sitting in the boat who failed quietly and privately. Their failure went unnoticed, unobserved, and uncriticized. Only Peter knew the shame of the public failure, and only he knew, the glory of walking on water. Or what it is to attempt doing something he was incapable of: feeling the euphoria of being empowered by God to actually do it. Will you be like Peter today and step out of that boat holding you back, or like the eleven and remain in the boat?

Let us pray: Father, I step out in faith today, in Jesus name.

WISDOM NUGGET: Proverbs 3:5
"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart..." - KJV