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great miracles. Sometimes He is responding to unbelief when He
works those miracles.
Hold that a moment; faith and sight. Let me look at the third
possibility. I can relate to a God I can’t see who is praying for me.
I can relate to a God that I can see but there is no faith because it’s
all sense. Mark 6:48-50, “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. But when they saw Him walking on the sea, they supposed
that it was a ghost, and cried out; for they all saw Him and were
frightened. But immediately He spoke with them and said to them,
‘Take courage; it is I; do not be afraid.’”

So, now they are on the boat and they look out and they see a ghost.
The mountain was no sight, in the boat is all sight, in the middle it
is half and half – a ghost. When it is mixed you aren’t sure if it’s an
enemy or a friend. Should I be afraid or should I pack up?

“That thing that came into my life; that doctor’s report; is that from
the devil or from the Lord?” So, there are some people that relate to
the Lord half and half, “I want to trust Him but it’s still me.” It’s
both. It looks spiritual but you aren’t sure. It leaves you standing
on the deck afraid.

If I don’t see Jesus invisible on the mountain, will he forsake me?
You know the answer is no. He’ll see you struggling at the oars and
He’ll come to you. He knows when you are frustrated and He knows
when you are trying to obey and you can’t. Mark 6:48, “He saw
them struggling at the oars,” but notice that it says that He intended
to pass by. He did not want to get on the boat. He didn’t want to do
the miracle of calming the storm. He didn’t want to take them to
their desired destination. He won’t fail us if we struggle at the oars
but what if we don’t let Him walk by?

Let me tell you what He taught them by walking by. He taught them,
first of all, that He was there. He said, “Be not afraid; it’s Me.”
Mark 6:50, “For they all saw Him and were frightened. But