Comments on: Thank God for Peter! http://fillingthegapministries.net/wordpress/2008/08/14/thank-god-for-peter/ and to know this love that surpasses knowledge - that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Ephesians 3:19 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:39:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Katie http://fillingthegapministries.net/wordpress/2008/08/14/thank-god-for-peter/comment-page-1/#comment-150 Katie Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:17:16 +0000 http://fillingthegapministries.net/wordpress/?p=29#comment-150 Hey Corrie! This is great! I would like to share how it hit me personally...sorry, it's very wordy!!! First, I love this picture of intimacy that He offers to me too, that I can come to him in my fear and trust that He will immediately catch me and bring my head back above water! Through what you wrote I got that Peter shared an intimacy with Christ that is seemingly different from what the other disciples had with Him. Peter knew Him enough to call out to Him in his fear. Jesus is teaching this concept to me right now! To not let any feeling like fear talk me into not trusting Him, but instead, to let that feeling drive me to call out to Him in the very midst of it, just like Peter did! It is so freeing for me to just go ahead and know that in this life I will stumble, but Jesus will always be there to IMMEDIATELY come to my rescue. I love that! I gotta grow in my belief of this by growing in the knowledge of who He is. I gotta grow in my trust of Him so that I won't give into the temptation to distrust Jesus with my feelings and keep them from Him. I love how you said Peter was the only one willing to get out of the boat and make a fool of himself to try to go to Christ. Peter didn't care that the others may have been laughing at him for trying to walk on water and then sinking, he had his eyes focused in on getting to where Jesus. I want to be like that too! Sorry this was long, I probably shouldn't have crowded your comments section with all this rambling, and part of me feels really bad for it...but the other part doesn't. Haha!!! I just love loving God and His word with you, sis. Love you, Have a great day! Hey Corrie! This is great! I would like to share how it hit me personally…sorry, it’s very wordy!!! First, I love this picture of intimacy that He offers to me too, that I can come to him in my fear and trust that He will immediately catch me and bring my head back above water! Through what you wrote I got that Peter shared an intimacy with Christ that is seemingly different from what the other disciples had with Him. Peter knew Him enough to call out to Him in his fear. Jesus is teaching this concept to me right now! To not let any feeling like fear talk me into not trusting Him, but instead, to let that feeling drive me to call out to Him in the very midst of it, just like Peter did! It is so freeing for me to just go ahead and know that in this life I will stumble, but Jesus will always be there to IMMEDIATELY come to my rescue. I love that! I gotta grow in my belief of this by growing in the knowledge of who He is. I gotta grow in my trust of Him so that I won’t give into the temptation to distrust Jesus with my feelings and keep them from Him. I love how you said Peter was the only one willing to get out of the boat and make a fool of himself to try to go to Christ. Peter didn’t care that the others may have been laughing at him for trying to walk on water and then sinking, he had his eyes focused in on getting to where Jesus. I want to be like that too!

Sorry this was long, I probably shouldn’t have crowded your comments section with all this rambling, and part of me feels really bad for it…but the other part doesn’t. Haha!!! I just love loving God and His word with you, sis. Love you, Have a great day!

]]> By: Angel http://fillingthegapministries.net/wordpress/2008/08/14/thank-god-for-peter/comment-page-1/#comment-145 Angel Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:03:51 +0000 http://fillingthegapministries.net/wordpress/?p=29#comment-145 Hey, you know something else about Peter in this passage? Instead of just staying afraid and hiding, he questioned Jesus (v. 28) like he was kinda testing to see if the voice that had spoken to them from this ghost-like figure on the water was really the voice of the Messiah. Jesus didn't scold him and tell him that he should be ashamed for his momentary doubt in the voice he heard. Instead, Jesus called to him and told him to come (v.29) and Peter just jumped right out of that boat and started walking. He may have doubted the calling and may have even been afraid as he stepped out of that boat but he was obedient and for that he was rewarded. Peter's reward for obedience in that instant was that he was only the second man EVER to walk on water. Yeah, he faltered some after he was walking and Jesus had to come to his rescue BUT he got to walk because he was obedient DESPITE his fear and doubt. Man, I want to WALK!! Hey, you know something else about Peter in this passage? Instead of just staying afraid and hiding, he questioned Jesus (v. 28) like he was kinda testing to see if the voice that had spoken to them from this ghost-like figure on the water was really the voice of the Messiah. Jesus didn’t scold him and tell him that he should be ashamed for his momentary doubt in the voice he heard. Instead, Jesus called to him and told him to come (v.29) and Peter just jumped right out of that boat and started walking. He may have doubted the calling and may have even been afraid as he stepped out of that boat but he was obedient and for that he was rewarded. Peter’s reward for obedience in that instant was that he was only the second man EVER to walk on water. Yeah, he faltered some after he was walking and Jesus had to come to his rescue BUT he got to walk because he was obedient DESPITE his fear and doubt. Man, I want to WALK!!

]]> By: Lucy Lynn http://fillingthegapministries.net/wordpress/2008/08/14/thank-god-for-peter/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Lucy Lynn Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:16:37 +0000 http://fillingthegapministries.net/wordpress/?p=29#comment-142 I believe that one of the main reasons that we "take our eyes off of God" often is that we allow ourselves to get caught up in the "rush" of our daily activities. I have to practice constantly just "slowing down", being aware that I live within the shadow of The Almighty, and this helps me. Loved this "sharing" of yours. Lucy I believe that one of the main reasons that we “take our eyes off of God” often is that we allow ourselves to get caught up in the “rush” of our daily activities. I have to practice constantly just “slowing down”, being aware that I live within the shadow of The Almighty, and this helps me. Loved this “sharing” of yours.

Lucy

]]> By: Nancy http://fillingthegapministries.net/wordpress/2008/08/14/thank-god-for-peter/comment-page-1/#comment-140 Nancy Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:50:28 +0000 http://fillingthegapministries.net/wordpress/?p=29#comment-140 Corrie, I thank the Holy Spirit for speaking the word "immediately" to you in this passage. I have researched all a.m. and it means duh...immediately. The word can also be translated "without hesitation". You know my problem with patience, and it is reassuring to see the examples of His rescuing His children in scripture after acripture. Thank you for reminding me that He is the God of immediately when we are frightened by our circumstances and take our eyes off Him. I do that way more than Peter! But, like him, I know who Jesus is. Please ask your bloggers to pray that I will overcome this stonghold. Corrie, I thank the Holy Spirit for speaking the word “immediately” to you in this passage. I have researched all a.m. and it means duh…immediately. The word can also be translated “without hesitation”. You know my problem with patience, and it is reassuring to see the examples of His rescuing His children in scripture after acripture. Thank you for reminding me that He is the God of immediately when we are frightened by our circumstances and take our eyes off Him. I do that way more than Peter! But, like him, I know who Jesus is. Please ask your bloggers to pray that I will overcome this stonghold.

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