You know you make these lists about all the things that you want HIM, the guy, the one, to be.
I'm reminded of when Peter walked out on the water and met Jesus as He was walking to the boat.
In Matthew 14:28 28 “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.”
Key word being Tell Me to come to you on the water.
He wasn't asking for Jesus to come to him or to be shown that it was Jesus. He stepped out of the safety and comfort of the boat and by faith walked to Jesus.
A lot of times we as Christians expect what we ask for to come in the form of a gift. We want to see who we will marry or we want to know who is the one. When really we have to ask ourselves am I the one that someone else could be searching for?
Instead of seeking to find someone else to meet out standard we should seek to become the one that is worth striving for. God will work the rest out.
Jesus could have brought Peter and the boat to Himself and safely placed them all by the shore. But that is not the way God works. If we look throughout examples of where people have done extraordinary things by faith, it is because they were willing to sacrifice their comfort time and effort to achieve what God had in store for them.
God didn't give Noah an ark, Noah had to build it himself and that didn't happen overnight.
I'm reminded of when Peter walked out on the water and met Jesus as He was walking to the boat.
In Matthew 14:28 28 “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.”
Key word being Tell Me to come to you on the water.
He wasn't asking for Jesus to come to him or to be shown that it was Jesus. He stepped out of the safety and comfort of the boat and by faith walked to Jesus.
A lot of times we as Christians expect what we ask for to come in the form of a gift. We want to see who we will marry or we want to know who is the one. When really we have to ask ourselves am I the one that someone else could be searching for?
Instead of seeking to find someone else to meet out standard we should seek to become the one that is worth striving for. God will work the rest out.
Jesus could have brought Peter and the boat to Himself and safely placed them all by the shore. But that is not the way God works. If we look throughout examples of where people have done extraordinary things by faith, it is because they were willing to sacrifice their comfort time and effort to achieve what God had in store for them.
God didn't give Noah an ark, Noah had to build it himself and that didn't happen overnight.