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I would like to quote a scripture, and then show a truth in it that some may not have seen......

"Now in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went to them, walking on the sea.
And when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, "It is a ghost." And they cried for fear.
But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, "Be of good cheer! It is I; do not be afraid."
And Peter answered and said to Him, "Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water."
So He said, "come." And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus.
But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, "Lord, save me."
And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him, and said to him, "O you of little faith, why did you doubt?"  [Matthew 14:25-31].

The first truth, that most of us see, or have seen, is that we need to keep our eyes on Jesus, and not on our circumstances. (the devil wants us to look at the problem, but God wants us to look at the Answer...Jesus).

Now to the other truth here...
Though I knew that it was God that gave Peter the power to walk on water, I wanted to know WHY He gave that power to Peter. So, of course, My Father showed me. (He does that when we pray and ask Him to reveal a truth to us).
He showed me that the very moment Peter, in his heart, was WILLING to obey the command Of Jesus, he received the POWER to obey the command of Jesus.
So, when we are WILLING TO OBEY, we receive the POWER TO OBEY.
Though this may seem obvious to some, it was a new truth to me at that time. And it greatly changed my spiritual life.
It showed me that God does not ask us to do anything, that He does not give us the power to do it. "Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit."
[Zech. 4:6].
I had tried so hard, (out of my own power), to quit smoking, but after 39 years, I just failed time after time.....so I got into prayer and told God that if He would give me the power to quit, I would be oh so happy to do so, but that I was not able to otherwise.
The next day, He said it was time to quit.....so I said, "O.K. Lord, I am WILLING TO OBEY." I threw away my pack of smokes, and from that moment on I never smoked...and I had no withdrawls, and no desire. Oh, praise the holy name of Jesus.
If you had not really seen this great truth, I pray it does for you what it did for me.......
God bless you all......Roy.