“But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, ‘Lord, save me!’” (Matthew 14:30)
The Apostle Peter is the only man besides Jesus Christ who ever walked on water. Yet millions of us only remember that he took his eyes off the Lord and would have drowned if the Lord had not saved him.
We read that his magnificent faith was flawed. He saw the wind. Since we cannot see wind this actually means when he saw what the wind was doing, he lost sight of what Jesus was doing and he was afraid. The remarkable thing here is that when he kept his eyes on Jesus he walked on water!
It was not until he was beginning to sink that he prayed the prayer that is a model for us all. Jesus taught that our prayers should not be long and we should never think we will generate grace with God by our ‘much speaking.’ If Peter had prayed a longer prayer, the words beyond the third would have been glub, glub glub! When Jesus caught Peter by the hand He gave him the nickname “Little faith” and I believe our Lord was smiling when He did. He literally asked Peter “Why did you think twice?”
Rick Warren took his entire congregation of twenty thousand people through the eight steps of what is called “Celebrate Recovery.” When asked why, he responded: “Because we are all in recovery. What do you think the word ‘salvation’ means?” When we truly understand the meaning of “salvation” we will frequently pray this model prayer.
Pray this three word prayer of Peter often and don’t think twice: Lord, save me!
Dick Woodward, 25 March 2012
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thanks va. …another good one!
Salvation to me means so much and so often, Salvation from every diverting mind set or thought away from the path of the Lord. God saves us from more than we know as we live with Him. What a beautiful thing for R. Warren to do with his congregation.