Our comfort level

 A daily walk with Jesus should challenge us! 

We often find ourselves struggling to get out of bed. We hit the snooze button two or three times. We rush through the morning routine, perhaps even forgetting to eat or grabbing that donut and coffee to go! (not healthy by the way!) Oh, we will find time for morning devotions and prayer later, when it is more convenient or more comfortable. After all, Jesus understands us! 

Are we getting too comfortable in our relationship with Him? Do we find ourselves putting Him off until we have time, until we can focus, until it is comfortable? 

For many of us professed good and faithful Christians who seek to walk daily with Jesus, there are times when our daily walk with the Lord gets pushed to the side. Perhaps we slept late . . . perhaps it's busyness or other priorities that just got in the way. It happens to all of us. Other things in our lives sometimes crowd out the time we need to be devoting to a day by day walk with Jesus.

Right away Jesus called out to them, “Be brave! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”“Lord, is it you?” Peter asked. “If it is, tell me to come to you on the water.”“Come,” Jesus said. So Peter got out of the boat. He walked on the water toward Jesus. But when Peter saw the wind, he was afraid. He began to sink. He cried out, “Lord! Save me!” Right away Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “Your faith is so small!” he said. “Why did you doubt me?”(Matthew 14:27-31)

Peter had a challenging walk with Jesus. It kind of began with his "walk on the water". Jesus performed this amazing miracle, walking towards them on the water, and Peter is so excited by this he demanded to join Jesus on the walk. Jesus agreed. Did Jesus know that Peter would sink? Maybe or maybe not, but he definitely knew that the walk would be difficult for Peter. It would be filled with doubt and with feelings of helplessness. In short – it would be challenging! Once Peter took his focus off Jesus, he began to sink!

Throughout these challenging days, we find ourselves just like Peter in the water: When we are challenged in our day by day walk, we learn who we ultimately rely upon. We try to handle things on our own, rushing here and there. We allow stress to get to us. We get weary. We get frustrated. We lose focus. . . . then we remember Jesus!

Where is your comfort level today?