“When Are You Going To Step Out?”
Matthew 14:22-36
By: Pastor
October 14, 2018
When are you going to step out beyond your comfort zone?
You can be in God’s will and still be in a storm.
When you step out you have to go through a door with no windows.
- Until you learn to follow the guidelines of the little things.
The will of God is for you to do what you can where you are at now.
If you cannot find God’s will for your life it may be because you are not moving; you are not doing anything for God.
Stay close to God, stay right with God, and stay in fellowship with God.
You spend too much time talking about the “what ifs”.
Stay faithful in all that you do.
Before you step out you have to learn the little things and be obedient in those things.
- In the midst of a storm.
It was not easy for Peter to step out.
It is not easy to step out of the boat.
There will be storms in your life, but God is in the middle of your storm.
God knows what you need before you need it.
- Despite his mess up.
Peter was not a long ways away from the Lord.
He messed up but he walked on the water again with the Lord.
Your mess up does not mean it is over for you; it means you have to look where your help is.
God wants to work in the life of the one that is willing to step out of the boat.
You do something for God and you are going to mess up.
God wants you to trust Him with the little things.
Peter stepped out with no encouragement in his life.
God has just a path for you to take with your life that no one else will take.
The lack of encouragement he received did not discourage him.
The lack of others stepping out with him did not discourage him either.
- Others will hear
Others heard about the goodness and greatness of God in his life.
If you step out of the boat, others will hear and it may encourage them to step out of the boat as well.
Take that step of faith, and let others know how good and great your God is.
When are you going to step out of the boat?
BUS MINISTRY UPDATE:
The Lord allowed us to have 34 kids to rid the bus this morning. We had 30 kids from the McDuffie route with 2 of them being first time riders and we had 4 kids from the Columbia County route.