Water-Walking FaithSample

## WATER-WALKING FAITH Is there more to life? Am I called to more? Is this all there is? These are just a few of the big questions we ask ourselves as we journey through life. If I am honest, these are some of the questions that I have personally wrestled with over the years. I believe that often, the reason we find ourselves asking those kinds of questions is because the mundane parts of our day-to-day lives don’t align with the big and exciting dreams we have inside of us. Don’t get me wrong, the mundane moments are important (in fact, often greatness is built on consistency), but so often we get lost in the rhythms of life. We work the same job, eat the same meals, order the same coffee, and watch the same shows. Before we know it, life starts to feel a little … ordinary. The truth is: GOD HAS CREATED YOU FOR MORE. God did not destine you to live an ordinary life. God has a plan for you. He has a purpose for you, not to harm you – but to give you a hope and a future. The bigness you see over your life, the breakthrough you are believing for, the purposes He has birthed on the inside of you, are not there by accident. They were placed there by God. The hard part is reconciling the gap between our dreams, and our reality. Where we are now, compared to where we want to be. The gap between the life I now live, and the life that God is calling me to. There is incredible destiny and promise that lies ahead of you, but it is found on the other side of your FAITH. I love the story of Peter walking on water. The idea that God could take an ordinary man, with an ordinary job, from an ordinary place and do the miraculous with him, grabs our attention. The truth is, most Christians have read it, most preachers have preached it, yet most believers haven’t lived it. This is the kind of ‘faith life’ God has called us to live. A faith that steps out of our comfort zones and into the unknown. A faith that defies human understanding and steps into the realm of the impossible. A faith that takes us beyond ourselves and draws us closer to Jesus. I am talking about WATER-WALKING FAITH. So what is faith? Hebrews 11 reminds us that faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. It is having a confidence that God can provide in every circumstance. It is an assurance that God will never fail us, that God will never leave us and that God will never forsake us. Even if we cannot see the end result, or even see a way out, faith knows that God can and will provide. The unfortunate reality is that many believers live an average Christian life. They go to church, they sing the songs, they give their offering, but their lives don’t look any different to anyone else. Like the other disciples left in the boat, some believers suffer from a life gripped by fear or choose a life guided by comfort, and so often miss out on the incredible destiny that awaits them on the water. In fact, having water-walking faith doesn’t make you more ‘saved’ than any other believer, but it changes your experience with Jesus. I don’t know about you, but I want to live my life to its fullest faith potential. I want to see the plans, the purposes, and the promises that God has in store for me. The reality is that you won’t find them on the boat, you find them on the water. What if seeing people physically healed right before your eyes became a regular occurrence in your week? What if sharing your testimony with your friends and colleagues become a consistent part of your life? What if laying hands on and praying for others became an addition to your daily routine? What if seeing people set free from depression and anxiety became your new normal? This is exactly what Jesus instructed His disciples to do, and this is exactly the kind of ‘water-walking’ life God has called you and I to live. As you begin this devotional, ask yourself, do I really want to live a mediocre, mundane, and average Christian life? Or has God called me to live a life of mountain-moving, ground-taking, water-walking faith? Today, I want to call you out of the boat. Out of your comfort zone. And into a space where the only option is to trust God with your next step. Today I want to invite you on a wild and exciting journey that will change your life forever. Today I am calling out the WATER-WALKERS. QUESTIONS: 1.What are some of the big dreams that God has put in your life? Write them down. 2.In what areas of my life do I need to step out in faith this year?