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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
that day. Maybe He was just having fellowship with His Holy
Father God. We do know that Jesus was praying and that at three
o’clock in the morning He looked out and He saw them. The Bible
says that He saw them struggling at the oars.

I’m suggesting that Jesus on the mountain praying is pure faith
because you can’t see Him. “We walk by faith and not by sight.”
Jesus was on the mountain praying, very much like today as He’s in
heaven praying and we’re on a stormy sea.

Jesus gave a clear word, Mark 6:45, “And immediately He made His
disciples get into the boat and go ahead of Him to the other side to
Bethsaida, while He Himself was sending the multitude away.”
They had a word that Jesus would meet them on the other side.
Hebrew 11 talks about “faith is the evidence of things not seen”. In