“Lord, if it is You,” Peter replied, “command me to come to You on the water.” “Come”, said Jesus. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water, and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the strength of the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!”…

We believe Jesus allowed this to happen so that it could be written in the Gospels because He knew it perfectly describes what we go through when we want to trust Him, but our fears and doubts consume us.

Faith is the willingness to walk on the water or to persevere in the face of a terrible situation that seemingly has no end in sight, and which we have no idea how we’ll handle on our own. That’s what Peter walking on the water represents. Trust is the actual walking on the water. It’s proving that our faith is real by putting it into action.