Thoughts on Water Walking, Part II

Thoughts about Water Walking, continued:

1. Peter, being Peter, is willing to step out of the boat.  I wonder if it is uncharacteristic of Peter that he waits for Christ to tell him to do so.  He seeks guidance.
2. Peter still doesn’t know it is Jesus.  Biship William Willimon says Peter knows it is Jesus because he commands him to risk everything.  And that's how you will know Jesus. Jesus is the one who extravagantly, recklessly, commands you to leave the safety of the boat, to step into the sea, to test the waters, and show what your faith is made of.  That's Jesus.
3. It is when he focuses on the fear, rather than on Jesus, that he begins to sink.  It is when he sees the fear that he is afraid.  He’s been on the boat, he knows there is a storm, he knows there is danger.  When he focuses on Christ, he can step out of the boat. 
4. Could it be that through Christ, he can believe in the impossible?  It’s not unreasonable to be afraid to step out of the boat during a storm to attempt to walk on water.  It’s impossible.  Faith in Christ makes the impossible, possible.  When we believe in Christ, we are able to do not only what we are afraid to do, but we are able to do what would be impossible to do without him.  To defy death.
5. Both times when Peter / the disciples are in danger, Christ is there.  Christ is there in the danger, to save them. 
6. "Why do you doubt?  After everything you have seen, everything you have done, why do you doubt?” 
7. It is the evidence of the power of Christ that the disciples worshiped.  He walks on water, he saves Peter, he comes to them in the boat, and the storm stops.  Amazingly, they recognize I Am enough to worship at this point.