Walking on the Water

Today's Reflections

 

Walking on the Water 

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Jn 6:16-21

¹⁶When it was evening, [the] disciples [of Jesus] went down to the sea, ¹⁷embarked in a boat, and went across the sea to
Capernaum. It had already grown dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. ¹⁸The sea was stirred up because a strong wind was blowing. ¹⁹When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat, and they began to be afraid. ²⁰But he said to them, “It is I. Do not be afraid.” ²¹They wanted to take him into the boat, but the boat immediately arrived at the shore to which they were heading.

Reflection:

The disciples of Christ are not exempted from the trials and storms of life. Sometimes good Christians complain: “Why is God allowing this to happen to me when I am so faithful to him?” God did not promise his followers that they would never be in the fire or in the water. But he does promise that he would be with them in the fire and in the water. And if Jesus (who is God) is with us, even though he seems to be absent, there is nothing to fear. We do not stop striving and struggling, as the disciples did not stop rowing, but the Lord will bring us to shore. As Blessed John Henry Newman prayed, “Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom; lead thou me on!”

When in deep trouble, say to Jesus,

“Lord, it is you, I am not afraid. I trust in you.”