Monday 7 Aug 2023

August 7: Matthew 14:22-33

Key Verse: Matthew 14:31
Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. ‘You of little faith,’ he said, ‘why did you doubt?’

Devotion:
One of our biggest problems seems to be keeping faith when the world around us is raging. We have many accounts of this happening all throughout the bible, and it will continue to be displayed time and time again. Most of this comes from broken promises; we get so used to broken promises from other people we no longer have faith they will keep their promises – even when it is a friend making a promise to us.

Jesus always makes sure all of what He says will come to pass – He always keeps His promises. We can see this, also, throughout the bible and so we should be able to know what he has said will happen. Yet we continue to doubt because of the broken promises around us. The way to change this is to try to make sure all the promises we make are kept because that will go a long way to making sure people see promises can be kept.

The more people keep their promises and tell the truth, the more others will have faith in those promises and trust the truth. This will go a long way to encourage people to trust in the promises of God and believe the truth in our bibles. The only real way to convince people to trust in something is to give them reason to trust in what you say!

Jesus wanted the disciples to see He could be trusted, even in the wildest storms and the seemingly impossible feats. He now wants us to go out into the world and give people reason to trust in the truth and believe the promises God has made. This is the task of a disciple: to go out into the world and share the faith we have in the truth so others can have faith and go out to share their faith...

Points to Ponder:
Who are the people you always believe?

Will you try to keep your word more?