TAKE COURAGE IT IS I
Matthew 14:22-36
Key Verse 14:27
“But Jesus immediately said to them: ‘Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.’”
After the amazing miracle of the five loaves and two fish that Jesus had just performed, Matthew tells us another story about who Jesus is, and what faith in him is all about! Look at verse 22. Now the day was over, and the crowd of perhaps 10,000 had eaten their fill. So Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side of the lake. Then, all alone he dismissed the crowd. It must have not been easy for him to dismiss this huge crowd all by himself. But he did so out of his compassion for his own disciples. They had spent the … Read the rest