FAITH CAPSULE: He will back you and not let you alone if you will not doubt.

Matthew 14:22-33

After the miracle of the feeding five thousand with five loaves of bread and two fish, Jesus made His disciples get into the boat. The purpose of getting into the boat was to send them to the other side. He made only His disciples to go before Him while the multitudes were sent away. Jesus knew what was ahead in the journey to the other side as a result He denied the multitude from going with his disciples. Is there any multitude in your company on your journey to the other side? Your journey to the other side is the journey to transformation while the multitude is the agent of discouragement and delay. The journey to the other side is challenging and needs no company of multitude (agent of discouragement or delay).  
It is written, “After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Later that night, he was there alone, and the boat was already a considerable distance from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it. (Matthew 14:23-24) Without doubt, the One who sees tomorrow from today must have seen what was ahead before disallowing the multitudes company. The disciples needed to get to the other side where Jesus wanted them to be. Jesus knew what it would take to get to the other side and what the other side had to offer the disciples in order for them to continue in following Him.
Did He call and send you? Are you in any storm yet? If you are not yet in the storm, the storm will come. It came for the ones that He made to go before Him. The storm that went for the disciples was not in the beginning of the journey, but rather in the middle of the sea. The only way of escape while in the middle of the sea and storm is in the hand of Jesus. One thing is certain, when you are called He will back you and not let you alone if you will not doubt. To doubt is to be faulted with fear which is the personal withdrawal from His presence. He did not send them through the storm to sink them but rather to strengthen them. Do not be afraid in your storm. Faithful is He who called us and He will see us through. When the disciples encountered storm, they cried out for fear but Jesus did not delay in His response to their cry.

Prayer for today: As for the grace of faith to have a place in you as you continue your journey to the other side (a place of transformation to the glory of God).