Take Heart

Have you ever felt far from the Lord? Broken and bruised? As if everything was pushing against you, keeping you from getting closer?

Maybe, like the disciples, you have rowed through out the night, trying in vain to get back to Jesus, but in the darkest moment of the night, you were “a long way from land” (Matt. 14:24, ESV).

It can be hard in the fourth watch of the storm to see hope, to see Jesus. Everything looks alarming, and sometimes it’s difficult to even recognize that it’s Jesus walking towards you, and not one more thing to fear.

If you are there, scrambling to keep the boat of your life held together and close to Jesus, as everything threatens to push you farther and rip you apart, I pray you’ll listen to the words of Jesus as He steps onto the wild sea of your life,

“Take Heart; it is I. Do not be afraid,” He calls (Matt. 14:27, ESV).

Look up. Look at Him, not the waves, not the battered vessel you are clinging too, not how far dry lands seems. Look to Jesus.

Look to Jesus as He walks on the very things trying to destroy you. Look to Jesus. He’s walking your way.