If You Want To Walk On Water, You've Got To Get Out Of The Boat

This was a nice little book by John Ortberg about Simon Peter, one of the original 12 disciples of Jesus, and his famous walking on the water episode in the New Testament. It is a great metaphor for anyone wanting to accomplish something big for God that involves risk. This story really shaped the decision my wife and I made to leave Tennesee and move all the way to Washington state to help start a new church. As in one of the chapters of the book, many of us remain 'boat potatoes' for too long - theorizing and talking about accomplishing great things for God and yet remaining in our seat assignments. Even though Peter wasn't perfect, he was at least willing to risk failure to do something no human had done before - he trusted his God enough. How about us? Do we trust in a God that can move mountains and allow land-loving followers to walk on water?