“Now in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went to them, walking on the sea. And when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, “It is a ghost!” And they cried out for fear. But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Be of good cheer! It is I; do not be afraid.” And Peter answered Him and said, “Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.” So He said, “Come.”
And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus. But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!” And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him, and said to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?” And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased.” (Matthew 14:25-32 NKJV)

When Peter looked away from Jesus he was in peril; but while He was looking at Him he did the so-called impossible, that is, he walked on water. Indeed, it is easy to assume that we can’t answer to the high calling of God when we look to failure; but when we look to and rely upon Him who knows no failure, we soon discover that what we thought was impossible is possible with God.

If we really want to live like Jesus then we will seek to walk like Him. But before we can even begin to do that we need to envision what Peter saw that day when he was walking on water. In other words, we have to acknowledge that Jesus can translate the impossible into the possible. When we begin to do that we will learn to walk on water too.

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