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talking about faith. I’m going to describe three scenes and in each
scene the disciples don’t move. Jesus moves but the disciples don’t
move. In the first scene, Jesus is on a mountain praying and the
disciples are on a stormy sea. Mark 6:46&47, “And after bidding
them farewell, He departed to the mountain to pray. And when it
was evening, the boat was in the midst of the sea, and He was alone
on the land.”

In the second scene Jesus is walking on the water and He’s going to
go past them. Mark 6:48, “And seeing them straining at the oars,
for the wind was against them, at about the fourth watch of the night,
He came to them, walking on the sea; and He intended to pass by
them.” So, the disciples are on the sea and Jesus is on the mountain.
The disciples are on the stormy sea and Jesus is walking by.

Here’s the third scene, Mark 6:51, “And He got into the boat with
them, and the wind stopped; and they were greatly astonished…”
He’s on the mountain, He’s on the sea and He’s in the boat. At this
point Matthew talks about Peter walking on the water. But we aren’t
going to look at that part. That was just teaching the lessons of the
loaves again.

So, I’m suggesting that we are on a stormy sea and we can relate to
Jesus on a mountain, we can relate to Jesus walking by or we can
relate to Jesus on the boat. Think about it. Which would you rather
have? Would you rather have Jesus on the mountain or Jesus
walking by or Jesus in the boat?

Let me discuss each of those. The first one, Jesus on the mountain,
Matthew 14:23, “...and after He had sent the multitudes away, He
went up to the mountain by Himself to pray; and when it was
evening, He was there alone.” Mark 6:46, “And after bidding them
farewell, He departed to the mountain to pray.” We have no idea
what Jesus was praying. Maybe He was praying that they would
pass the test. They had a great ministry that day and maybe Jesus
was praying for them. Maybe He was praying for the people He fed