Momentarily Distracted

 

 

When he learnt it was the master

His confidence began to grow

So out of the boat he stepped

And to the Master started to go.

 

He dared to prove the Master

When instructed to do just that

And so, putting fear aside

His assumption became the fact.

 

For he had rightly assumed

That if it were the Lord

He could go on the water to him

By just stepping out on his word.

 

What absurdity implied!

Stepping out on a word,

Who had ever seen such before?

This was really absurd.

 

That is the expressed opinion

The anticipation of the skeptic

Who after all that he has seen

Is still the doubting critic.

 

So let us put him aside

And deal with the matter at hand

As Peter makes his way to the Master

Guided by the Master’s plan.

 

 

He walks on the water to Jesus

Upon the raging sea,

It is no different from when he started

But he is distracted momentarily.

 

It is like the learner rider

Thinking that daddy is still there

But glancing back loses her balance

And wobbles because of fear.

 

O, she was doing quite well

Unaware she was actually riding,

Though he no longer held the saddle

In him she was still confiding.

 

However, she did not fall

Since daddy was still nearby

And his reassuring hand stuck out

And her falling he denied.

 

Such too was Peter’s case

When he became distracted

And momentarily looking at the wind

Peter fearfully reacted.

 

 

But Jesus was on the spot

And stretched out a reassuring hand,

Peter was rescued from the deep

And soon they were on the land.

 

Such too, is our daily walk

And often times we are distracted

But our faithful guide is ever present

And through him we are protected.

 

Like his Father, he is faithful

And the Holy Spirit is faithful too,

And when we are momentarily distracted

They are there for me and you.

 

Stewart Russell © September 2019