NO FEAR

John 6:16-21
Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright © 1996, 2004 by Tyndale Charitable Trust.

Jesus Walks on Water

16 That evening Jesus’ disciples went down to the shore to wait for him. 17 But as darkness fell and Jesus still hadn’t come back, they got into the boat and headed across the lake toward Capernaum. 18 Soon a gale swept down upon them, and the sea grew very rough. 19 They had rowed three or four miles when suddenly they saw Jesus walking on the water toward the boat. They were terrified, 20 but he called out to them, “Don’t be afraid. I am here!” 21 Then they were eager to let him in the boat, and immediately they arrived at their destination!


I have never been on a lake, in the middle of a storm, in a small boat. I can’t speak, first hand, to the conditions or to their terror. I can speak to my own storm and my own terror. The storm was brain surgery and the terror was tremendous (but only for a moment).

“Don’t be afraid. I am here!”

When Jesus walks into your storm, there is no room for fear. He walks in through the promises found in His Word … through the intercessory prayers of family, friends and the Body of Christ … through the quiet in your personal prayer closet … through the always present Holy Spirit.

There is no storm through which Jesus can’t show up and show out!