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the Lord. So, they were struggling at the oars. That’s looking at
Jesus on the mountain while He’s praying.

I told you that the second one was Jesus walking on the water but it
will make more sense to you if I do the third one now. John
6:20&21, “But He said to them, ‘It is I; do not be afraid.’ They were
willing therefore to receive Him into the boat; and immediately the
boat was at the land to which they were going.” In John 6:21 they
received Him into the boat. Mark 6:51&52, “And He got into the
boat with them, and the wind stopped; and they were greatly
astonished, for they had not gained any insight from the incident of
the loaves, but their heart was hardened.”

I ask my own heart the question I ask you. Which would you rather
have? When I first started to study this, my heart said, “I want Jesus
in the boat. I don’t want Him where I can’t see Him. I want Him
where I can see Him.” This is the exact opposite of faith. We walk
by faith and not by sight. When He is in the boat we can see Him
and touch Him and we can hear Him. We are together. That is the
exact opposite of faith. They couldn’t have faith while He was in
the boat.

Here’s an amazing thing. When He was in the boat He did two
wonderful miracles. Matthew 14:32, “And when they got into the
boat, the wind stopped.” Those of you who have struggled at the
oars in your own strength, you remember what a blessing it was
when God calmed the storm. My heart is always praying, “Calm the
storm.”

There is a second miracle He did, John 6:21, “They were willing
therefore to receive Him into the boat; and immediately the boat was
at the land to which they were going.” That’s amazing! They were
only half way home and suddenly they were at their destination. I
would have loved to have been working at the marina! The boat got
raptured! My natural heart says, “Calm the storm and let me arrive
at my destination.” We think God responds to faith and that He does