Wind Effect
By Deb Houston

Please read Matthew 14:22-33

     We have all read the above account when the disciples are on the stormy Sea of Galilee and they see what they first thought was a ghost, until Jesus himself answered that they need not fear because it was Him.  Peter, upon the command of Jesus, got out of the boat and walked toward Jesus on the water.  “But seeing the wind, he became afraid,” and thus he began to sink. 

     Numerous Bible studies have pointed out that it was when Peter took his eyes off Jesus that he began to sink, but what did he turn his eyes to?  The Bible says he saw the wind.  Can we really see the wind, or just the effects of the wind?  The effects of the wind (wild, towering waves) caused Peter to doubt in what the Lord had commanded him to do.  Peter never saw the actual wind – or cause of the waves, but instead, he saw the effects, which made him doubt. 

     How often do we see only doubts or negatives in our individual situations and not recognize the creator of those doubts as Satan himself – just because we can’t see him?  Our Lord tells us that we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us (Philippians 4:13). If we focus on Him, and recognize our doubts as sent by the evil one, we too will be able to walk on water or whatever else the Lord had planned for our individual lives.