You Too Can Learn to Walk on Water!…Ever thought deeply about that story in the Bible where Jesus asks Peter to walk on water? I mean, that's hard core, right? How could Jesus ask Peter to do that? Doesn't He understand physics? Sure, but it's not about physics. It's about obedience. When Jesus says "follow me", He means us to follow Him, even to the point of doing what seems entirely impossible.……Recently my spouse and I made a decision to follow God in a scary way. Life changed overnight. The days of sleepy prayers were suddenly over as we landed in the middle of an overwhelming flood. Resistance from within. Resistance from without. Doubt and fear and little faith.……When the cloud of anxiety rolls overhead and I ask, for the millionth time, "Lord, is it our fault we're in this situation? Did we sin against you? Did we not hear you correctly? Is this a consequence we could have avoided?" I open the Bible and get, for the millionth time, a patient reassurance that He loves us and we should just trust Him and keep on following.…Jesus had no place to lay His head, but He could walk on water with no problem. Even more amazing, Jesus walked straight into Jerusalem knowing what waited there ├ö├ç├┤ death on a cross ├ö├ç├┤ simply because His Father asked Him to. Jesus walked into the homes of sinners, and turned them into saints. But me? I do have a place to lay my head, but I'm hesitant to trust His call to me over the water. I'm so busy walking towards what I want that I don't hear God's voice, and I often don't want to. I walk into the homes of saints and tempt them to sin.……And yet, I continue to see that He watches my wayward steps. Life feels like a pitching sea ├ö├ç├┤ I'm up on the wave of faith, and then I'm sinking like a Peter. But through all this, God's responses to my prayers have been so real, and so touching, that I'm thoroughly confused.……Luke 12:32-34 says "Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Sell your posessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."……What I think we don't realize, as Christians in the bountiful U.S.A., is that we can actually live without the retirement plan and the stressful job and the big, beautiful house. We're kidding ourselves when we think those things are a sign of God's favor. God is a better giver than that! God gives things like satisfaction, fulfillment, purpose. Really good things. (When was the last time you walked out of Home Depot or Pottery Barn feeling that your life was a little more meaningful?)……The fact is, we can walk on water if He says we can. He wouldn't say "follow me" if He wasn't going to provide for us. We really do only need a roof, clothes, and nourishment ├ö├ç├┤ all of which God has promised to provide as we seek first His kingdom. You can actually do the crazy thing and follow God. You can actually sell all your possessions and help the poor. In fact, Jesus recommends you do this, for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.……So now the question is, what's stopping you?