"What Now?" by Nathan Shaub

This week I received the following email from Nathan Shaub (He helps lead worship on Sundays and does a great and spirit-filled job), who gave me permission to share it as my weekly blog. 

“So we worked for weeks with getting out of the boat. Some of us stayed in the boat knowing that while we may have a rougher time in the boat we are comfortable with those kinds of storms, but for some of us... We Stepped Out...

This may be a spiritual walk but the obstacles we face are very real and feel more threatening than staying in the boat. (I would recommend watching the new movie “Tomorrowland” because it depicts this perfectly. She touches the pin and is taken to another world, she can see and feel and experience things others around her cannot, but when she focuses too much on what she sees while touching the pin she runs into walls, falls down stairs, almost drowns...) I feel like to continue walking on water entire focus must remain on God, but then how do I do my day to day life?

If you know where to find the book titled, "What to do once you've gotten out of the boat..." I would love to read it. I am beginning to understand how Peter with all of the proof required to know God was with him there walking on water, could lose sight of the Lord and begin to sink. The story seems to end there and they are back on the boat immediately after Jesus reaches out and pulls him out of the water, but hadn't he taken a few steps out of the boat? Did Jesus carry him back to safety or did Peter once again have to walk on water but this time with the physical touch of Jesus, more than just the knowledge that he was there with him but the physical help someone with a broken leg would require to walk to a waiting car?”

Thank you, Nate, for your honest thoughts and questions.  I believe it is a fitting end to our “Brave” series.  If you wonder why I have not attempted to offer an answer it is because I think what is happening between you and Jesus is too important for me to get involved in and risk messing it up.  However, I do pray that your thoughts will give others permission to think, pray and wrestle with Jesus and perhaps even write the book, “What to do Once You’ve Gotten Out of the Boat.”