Minute Meditations of Hope and Encouragement #106

Some meditations from Matthew 14 and 15 when Jesus came walking on the stormy waves while the disciples were struggling in the boat: When the sea is rough and your boat is tossed to and fro, life becomes a struggle, and fear can overwhelm us. But Jesus is always there to help and save. Jesus gave the disciples a 3-fold faith saving formula: 14:27 “Take heart, it is I; have no fear.” NB between the charge to be courageous and the counsel to fear not stands the person of Jesus “It is I ” or “I am” in the Greek – the title in the Old Testament for God Almighty.

Jesus claimed to be the I Am in many ways. With the great I AM by our side, the burning bush does not burn up, the Bread of Life satisfies all our needs, the Light of the World keeps us away from darkness, the Door ensures our entry into the kingdom, the Good Shepherd provides us eternal security and we are grafted into the vine. Then Christ says to us as surely as He did to the disciples on that stormy night on the lake, “Take courage! I AM. Don’t be afraid.” Walking the path of discipleship without fear requires that the disciple’s eyes be fixed on the I AM.

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