Peter really blew it when he took his eyes of off Christ and looked at the storm around him. He did however do the right thing next, in fact he did all he could do – He called out “Lord save me!” The wonderful thing is that Jesus did just that, He reached out His hand to save Peter. Jesus showed His mercy, but then He saw the perfect opportunity to teach a lesson.
“O you of little faith,” He said, “why did you doubt?” After all they had seen and after he had just seen Jesus walking on the water why indeed would He doubt?
The answer is simple – he was human. Just like you and me are human. We see God answer prayer after prayer and work out situation after situation and yet what do we do the next time a problem comes along? Far too often we do the same thing – we doubt whether or not God can sort things out for us. How often could Jesus say to you and me, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?”
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