Downtown Community Church

Most of us have experienced the moments where we felt very called to something, but as time went on and the situation got difficult, we began to wonder if we were ever called to do this thing in the first place. This may have been expressed in your life through being initially excited about a small group only to find 6 months later that you feel overbooked, overly busy, and drained. Maybe you started volunteering somewhere and the weariness of the work has caused you to no longer feel “called” to it. The story of Jesus walking on water speaks clearly to us as we discern how to proceed into the calling of God on our lives when things get hard and we lose all sense of sureness we used to have. After a long day of ministering to thousands alongside Jesus, the disciples find themselves in the middle of the storm. As a figure is walking towards them, they decide that it is either a ghost or Jesus. Peter shouts, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.” Jesus simply replies, “Come,” (v. 28-29).