TEXT JOHN 6:17-21
TOPIC : THE CREATIVE FORCE OF TRUST
[17]And they took a boat and were going across the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and still Jesus had not [yet] come back to them.
[18]Meanwhile, the sea was getting rough and rising high because of a great and violent wind that was blowing.
[19][However] when they had rowed three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and approaching the boat. And they were afraid (terrified).
[20]But Jesus said to them, It is I; be not afraid! [I AM; stop being frightened!]
[21]Then they were quite willing and glad for Him to come into the boat. And now the boat went at once to the land they had steered toward. [And immediately they reached the shore toward which they had been slowly making their way.]
Beloved, if you do not study the word of God, you will never understand the kind of mighty God that you serve.
I often listen to gospel musicians ascribe power and honor to our God, but often they attribute to Him the kind of power and the doings of our local gods because they imagine He is like them.
In 1 Samuel 5:2-3,
"When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
[3]And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again".
You don't serve a God that needs to be helped.
Jehovah is not amadioha, He is not songo or omambala.
He is the one whose garment is made of fire.
He created not just our earth, but thousands of them.
Psalms 104:2-3 said that, He covers Himself with light as with a garment;
God stretches out the heavens like a curtain and lays the beams of his chambers in the waters.
He makes the clouds his chariot; and walks upon the wings of the wind:
The twenty and four elders who stand before the throne have observed Him in the eons of years of their creation, but they have not seen God in the same dimensions.
They just bow down in expectation of another dimension of magnificence, crying with joy holy, holy, holy.
No one has showcased the multi-dimensions of our God like Jesus.
In our scriptures of today, we saw Him walking leisurely on water, like one who is taking a stroll in the park.
His disciples were dealing with very serious turbulence, the storm was against them and they were at the middle of the sea.
Immediately Jesus entered their boat, the boat got to the bank of the sea.
What happened here is that Jesus demonstrated His dominion over nature and time.
It does not matter how long that battle has been raging over your destiny, once He steps in, the raging fire will end.
It does not matter how long that sickness has been harassing your life, as you call on Him, before you step out, you will testify in Jesus mighty name.
God bless you.
With the God I serve, nothing shall be impossible.
Your case is not
bigger than God.
May you have a God filled day in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Your Victory is already guaranteed
It is well, do not give up, with God all things are possible
(Please be a blessing to seven persons by sending to them devotionals)
For further reading,
Numbers 34,35.
2 Corinthians 1,2.
Pastor Obi Ejikeme
Senior Pastor
House of faith, Nigeria
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