Why did Jesus walk on the Sea instead of taking the boat?
Jesus and Peter walked on water is a well known and well quoted story in Matt 14:22-33. Yet the points that we can learn from this remain amazingly powerful. We often focus on the part of the story where Jesus called Peter to walk on water and Peter obeyed at the word of Jesus. But as we read the story from verse 22 onward, there are more revelations and powerful truths to be revealed. Jesus was busy ministering to the multitudes and he made the disciples left on the boat to go to another place. Then He went on to pray by Himself on the mountain. While He was praying, the disciples' boat was being tossed by strong winds in the middle of the sea and they were afraid. So Jesus knowing they were being tossed and were afraid, walked on the sea to His disciples in the fourth watch. Notice that when Jesus was praying on the mountain he could already see the disciples' boat being tossed about. But He didn't go to them immediately. He only went in the fourth w...