But, as I listen to it, he says This broken road prepares Your Will for me. How many of us that are following or seeking Christ understand that? I know that I don't. More than anyone in my life, I don't understand how this life I've been living...this broken road I've been travelling...is preparing God's Will for my life.
I'm then reminded of Abraham.
God promised Abraham that his descendants would outnumber the stars. Being in his later years and childless, Abraham wondered how. Sarah scoffed. Then, she gave birth to Issac.
Imagine being in your 70s or 80s and giving birth for the first time!
If you read your Bible, you know that as Issac grew up, God put Abraham to the test. He called Abraham to sacrafice not just his only son, but his ONLY CHILD. I'm sure that Abraham had some rounds with God on this one. The Bible certainly doesn't record them.
I sort of imagining it going something like this:
"God...You promised! You told me that my descendants would outnumber the stars and this!? You can't...I won't. I'm going to hold You to Your Promise. I can't do this."
"Do you trust Me, Abraham?"
"Yes, Lord, but this? I can't..."
"Do you trust Me, Abraham?"
"Lord, I just said I did. But what You're asking...Lord, Issac is my only son and how can I have more at my age. Certainly, he wasn't expected. He is Your blessing to me and Sarah and I just can't let him go."
"Do you trust Me, Abraham?"
"How many times are You going to ask and I give same reply?"
"As many times as it takes for you to understand that I keep the promises I make. What I say will be done. I do not take this as lightly as you may seem to think that I do. Where I have paved the way, you will go. Now, do you trust Me, Abraham?"
"Yes, Lord. I trust You."
For those of us who know that story, knows that Abraham went to the mountain to sacrafice Issac. And, in God's very own deliberate Way, a ram was provided at the LAST SECOND. Abraham had the knife raised to pierce his beloved son's heart when the bleating of a ram caught in the thorn bushes stopped him.
Abraham walked by faith. He questioned, but he still walked in his faith in God.
Walking by faith means not seeing where we are going. If we saw where we were going, we aren't walking by faith, are we? It is so easy to be afraid of the unknown. Especially where our lives are concerned.
Peter stepped out of the boat and walked on the water in the middle of a storm as he walked towards Jesus. There were waves all around him. Talk about faith! To step out of a boat to walk on the water! Peter didn't think about it...until he saw the waves.
We find this in Matthew 14:28 - 31
And Peter answered him and said, "Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water."
And he said, "Come."
And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, "Lord, save me."
And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, "O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?"
Often, we let the storm waves of life overtake us as we walk in faith. I know I have. And, just like Jesus did for Peter, He reaches out and helps me, while gently scolding me.
Peter stepped out, in faith, to reach Jesus and then allowed the waves to overtake him. What lesson can we learn from this? Why is this passage in the bible? Not many of us will actually walk on water, in the middle of a storm, but we will be in our own personal storm and have to walk on "water" to reach Christ. We will have to walk in faith, like Peter. We will have to sacrafice something special and precious to us, like Abraham.
And, like Abraham and Peter, are we willing? And which one will we be most like?
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