My Life Guard Walks On Water! Matthew 14:22-33

Indeed, Jesus is truly my life guard who walks on Water!
When Jesus Walked this earth, He indeed was in touch with His Divine and Human Nature! He defied gravity and walked on water in the power of His Divine nature; He was holding the atoms together that made up the H20 in the lake, that in His Divine Sovereignty held the water together as He walked on water and reached the Disciples in the Boat!


22 Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. 23 After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, 24 but the boat was already a considerable distance[a] from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it.

25 During the fourth watch of the night Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. 26 When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out in fear.
27 But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”
28 “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.”
29 “Come,” he said.
Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. 30 But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!”
31 Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?” 32 And when they climbed into the boat, the wind died down. 33 Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.

The Heavens Declare the glory of God--Have eyes and See it and Stand in Awe, even at a baseball Game! Psalm 19

The Heavens Declare the glory of God--Have eyes and See it! And Stand in Awe, even at a baseball Game! Psalm 19

While watching this minor league baseball game, I was drawn to the beautiful light Show that God created before my eyes! I said, "Wow!" The heavens declare the infinite glory and Majesty of God.
God's handi-work in His Creation of spreading out the heavens with one single breath! Every night God truly blesses us with a wonderful light show, do you have eyes to see it, or, are your eyes too preoccupied with a man centric baseball game?

Psalm 19 1-4
The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
2 Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge.
3 There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard.4 Their voice goes out into all the earth,
their words to the ends of the world.

The things of earth that worry us will grow dim in the Light of Jesus' Glory and grace: Hebrew 12:2-6

The things of earth that worry us will grow dim in the Light of Jesus' Glory and grace:

Hymn Written by Helen H Lemmel 1922"Turn your eyes upon Jesus"
Turn your eyes upon Jesus, Look full in His wonderful face,And the things of earth will grow strangely dim,In the light of His glory and grace."

Praying in times of Anxiety and Worry in life is Key to overcoming; Indeed, Prayer in times of Anxiety and worry is the sword that slays and mortifies the deeds of the flesh of worrying.  Times of worry and anxiety is a reality reminder for me to pray, and to bring it to the Foot of the cross of Jesus and leave it there.

Christ endured such great pain and suffering on the Cross, there is nothing to worry about in life that is greater than the Cross of Jesus. He nulifies all worrying in His blood when I trust in Him to take all my concerns. His peace will indeed surround me like the sea and diminish the worry to grant me strength to endure the pain and suffering of the thing that causes worry.

Why will the things of earth that worry me fade away? The Key passages of Scripture to answer this question is found in Hebrews 12:1-6 and Philippians 4:6-7. They will fade away when we have the right focus on Jesus. He is the author and perfecter of our faith--He had joy set before Him that gave Him great endurance over the cross despising its shame.

Why? That He may bring all those whom the God the Father Gave to Him before the foundation of the world, to glory--His focus was on those who are His, that the Father gave, that He may redeem them in His blood, and such a task brought great joy to Him that though the cross was a shameful way to die in capital punishment by the Roman Empire, Jesus Despised the very Shame that was brought upon Him to the point of not giving up, but endured the cross despising its shame.

Why? To bring many sons and daughters to glory! Not only that, but conquered the shame and Resurrected back from the grave ascended into Heaven and Sits at the right hand of the throne of Grace on high! He did not become weary but conquered to His enthronement with the glory He shared with the Father before the Foundation of the world, consider Jesus' great endurance by the hands of sinful man.

Why? That He may bring many children to glory. And give His children a reason to endure to the end. His blood was shed, and He resisted to learn obedience, and to the point that His blood was shed on behalf of His Children. He who knew no sin, became sin for His children and in exchange gave His children His righteousness that they may become righteous in God's Eyes! Who for Joy set before Him, looked beyond the cross for that monumental day that He would send the Counselor, God the Holy Spirit to indwell His people. He endured such opposition that we may not grow weary and loose heart.

Therefore, why are we not to worry? Because It is sin, and in your struggle against sin you have not resisted to the point of Shedding your blood; therefore go to Jesus with your sin and mortify the deeds of the sinful nature, such as, worry; claim the shed blood of Christ for cleansing and repent and turn to Jesus and rely on the Holy Spirit for strength, through His Grace you will overcome in your struggle against the sin of worry.

Fix your eyes on Jesus, in fixing and focusing on Jesus you will find that He is God in the flesh that His shed blood on the cross was such a great price of His suffering for my Eternal Salvation.

No more reason to worry! Since He endured the eternal penalty of my sin cursed self on the cross that encumbered all the reasons to worry in my life, and conquered Eternal Hell on my behalf through His Resurrection; it follows, that all the reasons to worry, was indeed nullified in His Blood, there is no more reason for worry, but greater joy of Focusing on Jesus and His sufficiency to choke the life out of the sin of worry, that they indeed grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace.

In considering Jesus' great endurance of such opposition by the Hands of Sinful man--in consideration of such great endurance is seen in the key understanding that Jesus kept entrusting Himself to God the Father in Prayer with every opposition; with every insult, spitting, His cheek being offered to those who plucked out His beard; with every scourging, with every crown of thorns in His head; with every nail that pierced His hands and feet; with every drop of blood, indeed it followed that He indeed prayed to every pain and dripping blood was He, indeed, in constant prayer to God the Father! Matching Pain and suffering with Prayer and Trusting. In Jesus' own words did He Pray, Luke 23:34 "Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”And they divided up his clothes by casting lots."

"Let us also heed the words of the Apostle Peter's testimony to Jesus' Suffering:
I Peter 1:23-24" When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. 24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed."

Let Him who has ears to hear, hear! the Key in overcoming worry in life is indeed Prayer; in prayer we focus our attention on Jesus the author and perfecter of our Faith. And who is Jesus? But God, the word become flesh! Therefore in prayer we do focus our attention on our Great, infinite, Sovereign, Eternal God, in submission and surrender to His Sovereign will for my life, through His Divine providence and leading, do I learn to Trust in Him. And I find that indeed, my attention is focused on His Greatness to intervene, do I find His Great peace surrounding me, do I find in repentance and Rest is my Salvation, in quietness and trust is my strength! Philippians 4:6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. ⁷And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

The Second Reason Why the things of worry in this life will grow strangely dim, in the light of His Glory and Grace is seen in my Adoption into God's eternal family and kingdom through the Blood of His Son!
Hebrews 12:4-6 4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. 5 And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, 6 because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son.”

Hebrews 12: 2-6 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. 5 And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons:
“My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you,
6 because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son.”

To the Naming of God's Only Begotten Son is The Sovereignty of God Truly seen Luke 1:31

Luke 1:30-33

But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. 31 You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end.”

The Birth of Jesus and to the Naming of God's only begotten Son, Reveals the Sovereignty of God and is indeed, clearly seen and understood that the Sovereignty of God is clearly seen in the naming of His only Begotten Son! Jesus' birth did not happen by chance, nor was he named by the will and determination of man, but the naming of His only begotten Son, the determination of the revealing and unfolding the time of the fulfillment for His Son to be born, was indeed predestined and planned before the foundation of the world, in God's infallible Foreknowledge and determined plan and will, that His only begotten Son would be named, "Jesus"-in the Greek, and Yeshua-in Hebrew, indeed Savior! The Naming of His only begotten Son truly reveals the Sovereignty of God to rule and Name His only begotten Son, through the special Revelation of the Angel to Mary!

The Birth of Jesus did not happen by chance, nor to the giving of His Name was it ever determined by the will of man, but indeed it was Truly determined by God the Father, in His Sovereignty and Predetermined, predestined, Determined will, plan and decree of the Eternal Counsel of God's everlasting will before the foundation of the world, to the details of Jesus' birth, life, Death, Resurrection, Ascension and Enthronement at the Right hand of God the Father on High.

Neither was the birth of every human being through out every age, did this happen by chance! But according to the predetermined Eternal Sovereign plan before the foundation of the world did God forelove, his particular Elect to predestine, that Jesus may be the firstborn of bringing many sons to glory. And to those whom He predestined, did He Choose and to those whom He Chosen did He Justify and to those whom He justified, did He ever Glorify!

Not simply by chance, my friends, its by the Sovereign will and plan of God Almighty! It's not anything in us that would merit His choosing, but that God's purpose in election may indeed stand! it is simply according to the good pleasure of God's Free will!

Romans 8:28-21

28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him,[a] who[b] have been called according to his purpose. 29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. 30 And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified. 31 What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?

The Sovereignty of God seen in His Creation governing and controlling His Created Order Psalm 33

Psalm 33:6-11
6. By the word of the LORD were the heavens made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth. 7 He gathers the waters of the sea into jars; he puts the deep into storehouses. 8 Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the people of the world revere him. 9 For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm. 10 The LORD foils the plans of the nations; he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.
11 But the plans of the LORD stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations.

Psalm 33:6 declares the Greatness of God and His Sovereignty, By His spoken WORD of the LORD were the heavens indeed made! By His breath Did He appoint the starry host and assign a place in the heavens for all the stars. From the highest of heavens; God's Sovereignty created the starry hosts and determined their place in the universe.  To the lowest of the earth; the deeps were created, did He gather the waters of the sea into jars!

His Sovereignty over the waters of the Oceans, to govern the waters and determine ever course of the oceans currents and to control the waters of the oceans that they not overstep the boundaries that He determined and governed the oceans waters to flow. 

For God's Sovereignty and omnipotence by His Spoken word even determines the drops of water to flow freely in the ocean deep, to the storehouses of the water drops that come from the clouds on high.

God's Sovereignty and providence governs the rain storms; to the littlest drops of water; to the timing of His determination when the storms should occur. His Sovereignty is seen in governing and allowing the rain to fall on the tender plants and flowers for His purposes of allowing the one rain drop to fall on a pedal of the flower without harming the flowers, to provide water for it to flourish.

And indeed, to instill fear and reverence in the hearts of man, by Governing the waters and storms to bring forth fierce Rains according to His determined plans, if destruction is in its storm, and heavy drops even of hail storms;  that it would bring forth the response of fear and reverence in the heart of the people He created, that they may see His Greatness and Sovereignty to govern even in His Created order of general Revelation of the Ocean Deep and the store houses of the waters in the clouds high.

Jesus is Sovereign and in Control Isaiah 60

Jesus is Sovereign and in Control; when God the Father signals to God the Son, the time is now, Then God the Son will Stand up in His Triumphant Return; when He stands up to Call us home; be found awake and ready to be received by Him on His glorious Throne!

Isaiah 60

The Glory of Zion

1 “Arise, shine, for your light has come,

and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.

2 See, darkness covers the earth

and thick darkness is over the peoples,

but the LORD rises upon you

and his glory appears over you.

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In Light of all this Evil around us, how then shall we live? Luke 13:1-9

We do not live in a perfect world, this world is cursed and people are sin cursed. Therefore, when tragedy happens, this is a reminder that there is a promise of a New Heaven and New Earth in Christ. This world in which we live is not a perfect world, and behold Jesus in His Shed Blood on the Cross came to Make all things new and redeem His Chosen and elect Children.

The Mass murder and injury of 70 people in the Theater at Aurora Colorado; and The Bus bombing that killed Israeli Jews who were taking a Vacation tour of Turkey. The News of Evil and mass murders by the hands of two evil men: the gun man at Colorado and the bomber of the bus in Turkey.

How do we make sense of it all? Basically, you don't. Life is fragile and you can be here today and gone tomorrow.

The real question to ask is not, Why did this happen and innocent victims end up dying? but the heart of the issue is to Repent or you too will likewise perish. Life is short, and behold now is the Day of Salvation, do not ignore the call to repent and turn to Christ now, then when unexpected tragedy Strikes you will be found in the Arms of Jesus. But if you ignore the Call to Repent, then when death does strike, you won't be eternally ready, but then it will be too late. Indeed the desensitizing of Evil and it's consequences thereof, indeed of Eternal consequence--the shooter will indeed suffer such eternal consequence in the hardness of his heart. But what about those who ignore the call to repentance today--when the un-expectancy of the grim reaper strikes in one deadly blow, it will be too late to repent in the pit of eternal death.

Jesus speaks to tragedy in His day, and His Basic message is Repent or you too will likewise perish.

In Luke 13The evil intent of peoples heart that commit such acts will be held accountable by God's Holy justice and Eternal Wrath. For the Wrath of God continually abides upon the unbelieving and unrepentant heart.

Repent or Perish

"1 Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. 2 Jesus answered, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? 3 I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. 4 Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them—do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? 5 I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”

6 Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree, planted in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it, but did not find any. 7 So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘For three years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’

8 “‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone for one more year, and I’ll dig around it and fertilize it. 9 If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.’”

The Great Infinite Patience of God is seen in the parable of the fig Tree that the owner of the Vineyard wanted to cut it down for it was not bearing any fruit. But the care taker of the vineyard, replied to the owner, let me take care of it one more year and if it does not bear fruit then cut it down after a year.

Here, the Infinite wrath of God abides upon the unbelieving, and if you fail to believe and bear fruit, but instead, you fill up the cup of your own sin then all hope for repentance is abandoned then according to God's Divine wrath, it will be revealed and when death strikes, all hope is indeed abandoned and there is no more second chances in death, but an eternal torment of the gnashing of the teeth and the smoke of their torment rises for all eternity.

God is Omnipresent and He is Omnipotent! and In His timing He will making everything right in the Scales and balance of His Justice. For those in Jesus, Eternal life, for those outside of Christ, God's eternal wrath abides upon them.

Proverbs 19 3 "A man’s own folly ruins his life, yet his heart rages against the LORD". Here a person's sinfulness is revealed yet unwilling to take responsibility for their folly, and is quick to blame God for their sinfulness. But you cannot blame God for your sinfulness. God is Holy and in Him there is no darkness at all. God is Light and His eyes are too pure to look on Evil. and God will punish every sin and will not let the guilty go free. But the arrogance and audacity of man to sin and think he can blame God for His sin, and not repent of his own sinfulness and eternal darkness.

You cannot blame God when evil men strike with their Evil. Though it was permitted, the evil that is displayed was done by the evil person controlled by their sin cursed self; this is a reminder to me that the vengeance of God will punish the evil person with the evil acts. The glory of God will be revealed in that God will make it right, and when you look to the Cross of Jesus, indeed the Justice and Mercy of God makes my heart right with God, through Jesus' Blood.

Fail to look to the cross of Christ to make things right and you will find the Wrath of God abides on you and for all eternity; His Wrath, Holiness and Eternal Justice will reveal all things Right, but to your demise without Jesus a Christ less eternity to suffer eternal punishment for not repenting of your sin and sin cursed self and not turning to Christ in this life