By THE SPIRIT it is written in Matthew chapter 14:
22 Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, while He sent the multitudes away.
23 And when He had sent the multitudes away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. Now when evening came, He was alone there.
24 But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, tossed by the waves, for the wind was contrary.
25 Now in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went to them, walking on the sea.
26 And when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, “It is a ghost!” And they cried out for fear.
27 But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Be of good cheer! It is I; do not be afraid.”
The disciples were in the middle of the sea at night yet Jesus could see them albeit supernaturally. The sea is also a metaphor for humanity (the sea of humanity as in the Book of Revelation depicting carnal mankind until full restoration comes forth producing peace becoming the sea of glass). The disciples were afraid they were going to die by drowning thus they were gripped with fear. The phrase “It is I” is also translated “I am” and they were told not to be afraid because “I am” is here for Jesus and THE FATHER are One. “Don’t be afraid, I Am.” Jesus also told the disciples to be of good cheer or be of good courage for they were not going to die in the middle of the sea. The word courage means to have strength in the face of adversity of any type. We see Peter responding to “I am”:
28 And Peter answered Him and said, “Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.”
29 So He said, “Come.” And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus.
30 But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!”
31 And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him, and said to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?”
32 And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased.
33 Then those who were in the boat came and worshiped Him, saying, “Truly You are the Son of God.”
We need to be of good courage for the Son of FATHER is with us as we deal with the contrariness of the times which are intended to strike fear in our hearts. FATHER WHO is the Great I AM is on our side so who can truly stand against us! Our faith grows by hearing The Word and as we are no longer of little faith but instead of great and mighty faith, we will truly be able to walk on water as the need arises. Jesus kept Peter from sinking and helped him back into the boat thus both were able to walk back to the boat together. Jesus will carry our weight if need be until our faith can sustain us above the contrary and boisterous waves.
We must not forget that Peter successfully walked on the water while his eyes were fixed on Jesus. It wasn’t until he took his eyes off of Jesus, looked away, and allow fear to enter in did he begin to sink. As we look to our Intercessor we will be able to walk above the adverse cares of the world too. Once it fully sinks in that “As He is so are we” each of us will finally overcome any and all adversity in our life. Fear will no longer be able to enter in and take precedence as we fix our gaze upon Our High Priest. When we have fully received the revelation “As He is so am I” in our hearts, we will be able to walk above the adversities just as Jesus walked on the boisterous sea.