Every once in a while, we come across difficulties and challenges in life.
Sometimes we feel as if such difficulties and troubles are too
overwhelming, so much so that we may be tempted to give up. Instead of
continuing to fervently pray and depend on God's help, some may have
doubted in God's providence and turned to other forms of help thinking that these would really help them, only to later find that they are of no
help.
In today's Gospel, the disciples were battling
with a heavy sea, and they doubted when Jesus came towards them,
thinking that He was a ghost. Peter also doubted when he felt the force
of the wind, took fright and began to sink, and Jesus put out his hand
at once and held him. When we doubt, we begin to question whether God is
able to help us. We fail to realise that God can help us, but according
to His time. When we ask God for help, we cannot expect or demand that
He will help us immediately according to our terms. Are we trying to
control God? Let us be patient and persistent in prayer, knowing that
God can and will help us. When and how? Trust and pray, go do your best
today, and leave it in the hands of the Lord.
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