Matthew records, \u2018Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came towards Jesus.\u2019<\/i> Today, ask yourself these three questions: <\/p>\n
(1) What\u2019s my boat?<\/i> It\u2019s whatever gives you your greatest sense of security. It\u2019s what you\u2019re tempted to put your trust in when life gets stormy. To know what your boat is, ask yourself, \u2018What is it that produces the most fear in me, especially when I think of leaving it behind and stepping out in faith?\u2019 <\/p>\n
(2) What\u2019s keeping me from getting out of my boat?<\/i> Fear. Fear of people, fear of failure, fear of criticism, fear of lack. In order to grow, you must go into new territory, and each time you do, you\u2019ll experience fear. It never goes away. But each time you get out of your boat, you become a little more able to do it the next time, and you begin to realise that fear doesn\u2019t have the power to destroy you. So when Jesus says to you, \u2018Come,\u2019<\/i> start walking, He won\u2019t let you drown. <\/p>\n
(3) What will I forfeit by staying in my boat?<\/i> Your destiny. To achieve what you have not yet achieved, you must attempt what you have not yet attempted. Will there be risks? Yes. Baseball\u2019s greatest hitters fail two times out of every three. But they know that if they don\u2019t step up to the plate, they\u2019ll never experience the joy of hitting a home run. Understand this: if you stay in your boat, you\u2019ll eventually die there, and end up wondering what your life might have been if only you\u2019d been willing to get out of your boat. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Matthew records, \u2018Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came towards Jesus.\u2019 Today, ask yourself these three questions: (1) What\u2019s my boat? It\u2019s whatever gives you your greatest sense of security. It\u2019s what you\u2019re tempted to put your trust in when life gets stormy. To know what your boat […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1288"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1288\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}