BLESSING MIRACLES

My Dear Precious Child,
    After Jesus performed the miracle of feeding five thousand men, their wives and children with two fish and five loaves of bread and Jesus went into the hills to pray, as was His habit, the boat that the disciples were in drifted far out to sea.  The boat was tossed about by the waves and the wind blew against them.  At about four o'clock in the morning Jesus came walking toward them, walking on the sea.  When the disciples saw Jesus walking on the sea they thought He was a ghost and they screamed in fright.  They had seen Him perform many miracles, but walking on the sea was not one of their most memorable experiences.  They definitely would have remembered that.
    Jesus spoke to them and tried to calm their nerves, saying for them to not be afraid, that they must take courage, telling them, "I AM."
    Peter spoke out of his fear, "Lord, if it's you, command me to come to you."
    Jesus simply said, "Come."
    Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water toward Jesus.  When he got to Jesus He felt a strong wind, saw a big wave, became frightened and began to sink.  He cried out for Jesus to save to Him.   All Jesus had to do was reach His hand out to Peter because Peter was that near.
    Jesus caught hold of Peter's hand and asked Peter why he lost faith and entertained doubt.  Peter was near enough to Jesus for him to touch Jesus.
    When Jesus and Peter got into the boat the winds stopped.
    The people in the boat fell on their knees and worshiped Jesus, proclaiming that He really was My Son.
     When they crossed over to the other side of the sea, they went ashore and when the men of that place recognized Jesus they went around into all the countryside and brought everybody to Him who was sick. The men begged Jesus to let them touch the hem of his garment, which He did.  Because of the vast number needing healing, as many as touched the hem of his garment were perfectly restored to health. (Matthew 13:23:36)
     Because of what the disciples saw and heard, their faith increased dramatically.  As far as the miracle of walking on water, if you will notice Peter was secure in walking on the water toward Jesus until a strong wind came up and Peter was diverted from keeping His gaze on Jesus.  Instead, he placed his eyes on the bad circumstance.
    While you are waiting for a miracle to manifest itself in answer to your prayers, the devil will always send something to rob you of your faith just before the miracle for which you are praying manifests itself. 
    The devil did not want Peter to successfully participate in a miracle of Jesus, according to the truth that Jesus had told them in the Parable of the Sower.  The walking on water incident proved what Jesus had told to the disciples about  seed falling on rocky soil.  When Peter got His eye off of Jesus, His Savior, and onto a care and concern of the natural world, Peter's faith in the command of Jesus left Peter and the devil's doubt entered into him. 
   You must digest that truth for yourself.  The truth is that the devil does not want Me to get praise for answering your prayers, so right before your miracles appear the devil brings into your life a physical manifestation that will cause you to get your eyes off of Me and onto the devil's evil physical works.  When you keep your eyes on Me, speaking the confessions coming from your mouth about My promise, not looking to the left or to the right where the devil has sent a diversion to you in order to rob you of a miraculous blessing, if you will do that you will obtain your miraculous blessings every time.  
    Instead of being diverted from your faith, and instead if you will persist in confessing My promises plus keeping your mind filled with faith in Me, you will obtain the promises, like the man whose soil was fertile in the Parable of the Sower. (Matthew 13; 5-8; Deuteronomy 5:32) Through the miraculous incident of Peter walking on water and then losing faith Jesus demonstrated the truth of one of His parables to His disciples.  Jesus unmasked the devil's demons of doubt and unbelief as being two of the robbers of your blessings.  The devil caused that big wind to come up and tempt Peter to look down at the wave caused by the wind, taking His eyes off Jesus who was still walking on the sea.  That incident was a learning experience for Peter and for the rest of the disciples.
    Let it be a learning experience for you, too.  Keep your eyes on Me and My promises, not on any outward circumstances that the devil sends to rob you of your miraculous blessings.
    Your Father of Faith and Belief