John 6: 16 to 20 ...focus on v. 19..."they saw Jesus walking on the sea"
Years ago I went on a water skiing trip with my wife, Lori and her family. We would all take turns skiing. On this particular day, my brother-in-law, Jason, was up. He grabbed his ski, put on the life vest, picked up the tow rope and jumped in the water. When he was ready we "hit it" and he was up skiing back and forth behind the boat. We circled around the west end of the lake and Jason fell. We turned the boat around to get him and encircled the rope behind him, so he could grab it. We slowed to an idle and watched Jason in the water. He reached over next to him to get the ski floating and then, much to our amazement, he stood up and walked to the boat across the water. We stared for a moment and could not believe our eyes. Now we had a choice to make...Either Jason was 1.)the modern day Messiah walking across the water at Lake San Antonio or 2.) He had just fallen off his ski in very shallow waters. Well, knowing Jason, you knew for sure it was the latter. We all had a good laugh.
Jason was near the shore in shallow waters, but looking at John 6: 16-20, you can see Jesus was off-shore by three or four miles!! Jesus was not in shallow waters, in fact he was defying gravity and showing his disciples another validation of His identity. He showed that He is God in human form, still fully in control of natural forces such as gravity. This comes on the heels of showing His power over a.) giving masses of people provision of food; b.) healing the chronically sick; and c.) power to know the background and life of someone He never met. Jesus continues to prove that He is who He said He was....., The Messiah!
Jesus revealed His abilities to the disciples. They initially could not believe their eyes. But, then they continued to get educated about the miraculous powers of Jesus. Jesus may at times be more subtle than walking towards us on water, but He does reveal His wondrous abilities to us. We need to recognize those times He is trying to get our attention.
Dear Jesus, Continue to show us your amazing abilities and have them influence our lives. Amen.
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