Walking During the Storm

When I think of the record of Jesus walking on the water (Matthew 14:24-32) and approaching the boat filled with fear laden men, I marvel at the many lessons to be learned.

  • Do not focus on the problem, but rather the solution in Christ.
  • Do not doubt the Word of God.
  • Stepping out of the boat is the first step of believing.
  • Do not be distracted by the conditions around you.

Here is another lesson I learned (really two): When we are faced with opportunities to believe God for deliverance or for certain results, we wait until the conditions are calm and easy to navigate. By our five senses we try to smooth over the waters before we take on believing God. Jesus did not calm the storm first then walk on the water. Nor did he calm the seas for Peter to step out of the boat so he could have the most favorable conditions.

The point is do not wait for the conditions to get better before going to God. He loves to work in the most stormy and challenging conditions. He did not quench the fire first before Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were thrown in the fiery furnace; Joseph still served years in jail while in Egypt before rising to 2nd in charge in the country.

Peter’s problem was staying on top of the water during the boisterous wind and seas. He was distracted by the storm. He needed to learn to walk during the storm.

I think so many times as we endeavor to believe God, our mind tricks us into thinking He is there to push the button of defeat if we misstep in our believing exercise.

Micah 7:8 (ESV):

Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD will be a light to me.

Our Father is there to help and give us a helping hand, just like Jesus did with Peter when he began to sink. After all Peter did walk on water!

The learning point is that we do not have to calm things down first to believe. Go ahead and walk into the storm, like Jesus did, and know that God’s grace and mercy will be there to help you realize your believing efforts. And point two, if you start to sink, God will be there with a helping hand so you can enjoy the victory.  

Agape,

Bob                            

J! InfoRequestSessionProfileQueries35
5.038MBMemory Usage70.76msRequest Duration
Joomla! Version4.4.13
PHP Version8.2.27
Identityguest
Response200
Templatert_xenon
Database
Server
mysql
Version
10.11.10-MariaDB
Collation
utf8mb4_unicode_ci
Conn Collation
utf8mb4_general_ci
$_GET
[]
$_POST
[]
$_SESSION
array:1 [ "joomla" => "***redacted***" ]
$_COOKIE
[]
$_SERVER
array:61 [ "LSPHP_ProcessGroup" => "on" "PATH" => "/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin" "HTTP_ACCEPT"...
session
array:3 [ "counter" => 1 "timer" => array:3 [ "start" => 1744188194 "last" => 1744188194...
registry
array:3 [ "data" => [] "initialized" => false "separator" => "." ]
user
array:18 [ "id" => 0 "name" => null "username" => null "email" => null "password" => "***r...
  • afterLoad (447.53KB) (3.61ms)
  • afterInitialise (962.13KB) (15.14ms)
  • afterRoute (364.84KB) (8.2ms)
  • beforeRenderComponent com_content (52.08KB) (715μs)
  • Before Access::preloadComponents (all components) (35.15KB) (797μs)
  • After Access::preloadComponents (all components) (129.8KB) (702μs)
  • Before Access::preloadPermissions (com_content) (1.79KB) (20μs)
  • After Access::preloadPermissions (com_content) (156.78KB) (1.05ms)
  • Before Access::getAssetRules (id:322 name:com_content.article.172) (10.65KB) (27μs)
  • After Access::getAssetRules (id:322 name:com_content.article.172) (7.38KB) (117μs)
  • afterRenderComponent com_content (574.16KB) (11.32ms)
  • afterDispatch (2.25KB) (92μs)
  • afterRender (1.88MB) (28.5ms)
  • 1 x afterRender (1.88MB) (40.28%)
    28.50ms
    1 x afterInitialise (962.13KB) (21.4%)
    15.14ms
    1 x afterRenderComponent com_content (574.16KB) (15.99%)
    11.32ms
    1 x afterRoute (364.84KB) (11.58%)
    8.20ms
    1 x afterLoad (447.53KB) (5.11%)
    3.61ms
    1 x After Access::preloadPermissions (com_content) (156.78KB) (1.48%)
    1.05ms
    1 x Before Access::preloadComponents (all components) (35.15KB) (1.13%)
    797μs
    1 x beforeRenderComponent com_content (52.08KB) (1.01%)
    715μs
    1 x After Access::preloadComponents (all components) (129.8KB) (0.99%)
    702μs
    1 x After Access::getAssetRules (id:322 name:com_content.article.172) (7.38KB) (0.17%)
    117μs
    1 x afterDispatch (2.25KB) (0.13%)
    92μs
    1 x Before Access::getAssetRules (id:322 name:com_content.article.172) (10.65KB) (0.04%)
    27μs
    1 x Before Access::preloadPermissions (com_content) (1.79KB) (0.03%)
    20μs
35 statements were executed, 3 of which were duplicates, 32 unique7.79ms119.21KB
UniquesDuplicates 1
  • SELECT @@SESSION.sql_mode;59μs968B/libraries/vendor/joomla/database/src/Mysqli/MysqliDriver.php:334Copy
  • SELECT `data` FROM `b8rtz_session` WHERE `session_id` = ?149μs1008BParams/libraries/vendor/joomla/session/src/Handler/DatabaseHandler.php:261Copy
  • SELECT `session_id` FROM `b8rtz_session` WHERE `session_id` = :session_id LIMIT 185μs1.3KBParams/libraries/src/Session/MetadataManager.php:187Copy
  • INSERT INTO `b8rtz_session` (`session_id`,`guest`,`time`,`userid`,`username`,`client_id`) VALUES (:session_id, :guest, :time, :user_id, :username, :client_id)226μs944BParams/libraries/src/Session/MetadataManager.php:260Copy
  • SELECT `id`,`rules` FROM `b8rtz_viewlevels`78μs976B/libraries/src/Access/Access.php:955Copy
  • SELECT `b`.`id` FROM `b8rtz_usergroups` AS `a` LEFT JOIN `b8rtz_usergroups` AS `b` ON `b`.`lft` <= `a`.`lft` AND `b`.`rgt` >= `a`.`rgt` WHERE `a`.`id` = :guest137μs1.33KBParams/libraries/src/Access/Access.php:868Copy
  • SHOW TABLES751μs3.51KB/libraries/vendor/joomla/database/src/Mysqli/MysqliDriver.php:678Copy
  • SELECT `value` FROM b8rtz_acyc_configuration WHERE `name` = "license_key"65μs520B/plugins/system/acyctriggers/acyctriggers.php:97Copy
  • SELECT `value` FROM b8rtz_acym_configuration WHERE `name` = 'level'70μs1.15KB/plugins/system/acymtriggers/acymtriggers.php:643Copy
  • SELECT `value` FROM b8rtz_acym_configuration WHERE `name` = 'active_cron'46μs536B/plugins/system/acymtriggers/acymtriggers.php:643Copy
  • SELECT `value` FROM b8rtz_acym_configuration WHERE `name` = 'cron_next'40μs536B/plugins/system/acymtriggers/acymtriggers.php:643Copy
  • SELECT `value` FROM b8rtz_acym_configuration WHERE `name` = 'queue_type'50μs536B/plugins/system/acymtriggers/acymtriggers.php:643Copy
  • SELECT `c`.`id`,`c`.`asset_id`,`c`.`access`,`c`.`alias`,`c`.`checked_out`,`c`.`checked_out_time`,`c`.`created_time`,`c`.`created_user_id`,`c`.`description`,`c`.`extension`,`c`.`hits`,`c`.`language`,`c`.`level`,`c`.`lft`,`c`.`metadata`,`c`.`metadesc`,`c`.`metakey`,`c`.`modified_time`,`c`.`note`,`c`.`params`,`c`.`parent_id`,`c`.`path`,`c`.`published`,`c`.`rgt`,`c`.`title`,`c`.`modified_user_id`,`c`.`version`, CASE WHEN CHAR_LENGTH(`c`.`alias`) != 0 THEN CONCAT_WS(':', `c`.`id`, `c`.`alias`) ELSE `c`.`id` END as `slug` FROM `b8rtz_categories` AS `s` INNER JOIN `b8rtz_categories` AS `c` ON (`s`.`lft` <= `c`.`lft` AND `c`.`lft` < `s`.`rgt`) OR (`c`.`lft` < `s`.`lft` AND `s`.`rgt` < `c`.`rgt`) WHERE (`c`.`extension` = :extension OR `c`.`extension` = 'system') AND `c`.`published` = 1 AND `s`.`id` = :id ORDER BY `c`.`lft`330μs3.88KBParams/libraries/src/Categories/Categories.php:375Copy
  • SELECT s.id, s.template, s.home, s.title AS long_title, s.params FROM b8rtz_template_styles AS s WHERE s.client_id = 0 AND s.template = 'rt_xenon' ORDER BY s.id121μs816B/libraries/gantry5/src/classes/Gantry/Joomla/StyleHelper.php:69Copy
  • SELECT `id`,`name`,`rules`,`parent_id` FROM `b8rtz_assets` WHERE `name` IN (:preparedArray1,:preparedArray2,:preparedArray3,:preparedArray4,:preparedArray5,:preparedArray6,:preparedArray7,:preparedArray8,:preparedArray9,:preparedArray10,:preparedArray11,:preparedArray12,:preparedArray13,:preparedArray14,:preparedArray15,:preparedArray16,:preparedArray17,:preparedArray18,:preparedArray19,:preparedArray20,:preparedArray21,:preparedArray22,:preparedArray23,:preparedArray24,:preparedArray25,:preparedArray26,:preparedArray27,:preparedArray28,:preparedArray29,:preparedArray30,:preparedArray31,:preparedArray32,:preparedArray33,:preparedArray34,:preparedArray35,:preparedArray36,:preparedArray37,:preparedArray38,:preparedArray39,:preparedArray40,:preparedArray41,:preparedArray42,:preparedArray43,:preparedArray44,:preparedArray45,:preparedArray46)437μs7.81KBParams/libraries/src/Access/Access.php:357Copy
  • SELECT `id`,`name`,`rules`,`parent_id` FROM `b8rtz_assets` WHERE `name` LIKE :asset OR `name` = :extension OR `parent_id` = 0465μs25.48KBParams/libraries/src/Access/Access.php:301Copy
  • SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `b8rtz_content`734μs3.02KB/libraries/vendor/joomla/database/src/Mysqli/MysqliDriver.php:625Copy
  • UPDATE `b8rtz_content` SET `hits` = (`hits` + 1) WHERE `id` = '172'188μs48B/libraries/src/Table/Table.php:1325Copy
  • SELECT `a`.`id`,`a`.`asset_id`,`a`.`title`,`a`.`alias`,`a`.`introtext`,`a`.`fulltext`,`a`.`state`,`a`.`catid`,`a`.`created`,`a`.`created_by`,`a`.`created_by_alias`,`a`.`modified`,`a`.`modified_by`,`a`.`checked_out`,`a`.`checked_out_time`,`a`.`publish_up`,`a`.`publish_down`,`a`.`images`,`a`.`urls`,`a`.`attribs`,`a`.`version`,`a`.`ordering`,`a`.`metakey`,`a`.`metadesc`,`a`.`access`,`a`.`hits`,`a`.`metadata`,`a`.`featured`,`a`.`language`,`fp`.`featured_up`,`fp`.`featured_down`,`c`.`title` AS `category_title`,`c`.`alias` AS `category_alias`,`c`.`access` AS `category_access`,`c`.`language` AS `category_language`,`fp`.`ordering`,`u`.`name` AS `author`,`parent`.`title` AS `parent_title`,`parent`.`id` AS `parent_id`,`parent`.`path` AS `parent_route`,`parent`.`alias` AS `parent_alias`,`parent`.`language` AS `parent_language`,ROUND(`v`.`rating_sum` / `v`.`rating_count`, 1) AS `rating`,`v`.`rating_count` AS `rating_count` FROM `b8rtz_content` AS `a` INNER JOIN `b8rtz_categories` AS `c` ON `c`.`id` = `a`.`catid` LEFT JOIN `b8rtz_content_frontpage` AS `fp` ON `fp`.`content_id` = `a`.`id` LEFT JOIN `b8rtz_users` AS `u` ON `u`.`id` = `a`.`created_by` LEFT JOIN `b8rtz_categories` AS `parent` ON `parent`.`id` = `c`.`parent_id` LEFT JOIN `b8rtz_content_rating` AS `v` ON `a`.`id` = `v`.`content_id` WHERE ( (`a`.`id` = :pk AND `c`.`published` > 0) AND (`a`.`publish_up` IS NULL OR `a`.`publish_up` <= :publishUp)) AND (`a`.`publish_down` IS NULL OR `a`.`publish_down` >= :publishDown) AND `a`.`state` IN (:preparedArray1,:preparedArray2)334μs6.12KBParams/components/com_content/src/Model/ArticleModel.php:215Copy
  • SELECT `c`.`id`,`c`.`asset_id`,`c`.`access`,`c`.`alias`,`c`.`checked_out`,`c`.`checked_out_time`,`c`.`created_time`,`c`.`created_user_id`,`c`.`description`,`c`.`extension`,`c`.`hits`,`c`.`language`,`c`.`level`,`c`.`lft`,`c`.`metadata`,`c`.`metadesc`,`c`.`metakey`,`c`.`modified_time`,`c`.`note`,`c`.`params`,`c`.`parent_id`,`c`.`path`,`c`.`published`,`c`.`rgt`,`c`.`title`,`c`.`modified_user_id`,`c`.`version`, CASE WHEN CHAR_LENGTH(`c`.`alias`) != 0 THEN CONCAT_WS(':', `c`.`id`, `c`.`alias`) ELSE `c`.`id` END as `slug` FROM `b8rtz_categories` AS `s` INNER JOIN `b8rtz_categories` AS `c` ON (`s`.`lft` <= `c`.`lft` AND `c`.`lft` < `s`.`rgt`) OR (`c`.`lft` < `s`.`lft` AND `s`.`rgt` < `c`.`rgt`) WHERE (`c`.`extension` = :extension OR `c`.`extension` = 'system') AND `c`.`access` IN (:preparedArray1,:preparedArray2) AND `c`.`published` = 1 AND `s`.`id` = :id ORDER BY `c`.`lft`251μs3.92KBParams/libraries/src/Categories/Categories.php:375Copy
  • SELECT `m`.`tag_id`,`t`.* FROM `b8rtz_contentitem_tag_map` AS `m` INNER JOIN `b8rtz_tags` AS `t` ON `m`.`tag_id` = `t`.`id` WHERE `m`.`type_alias` = :contentType AND `m`.`content_item_id` = :id AND `t`.`published` = 1 AND `t`.`access` IN (:preparedArray1,:preparedArray2)150μs3.97KBParams/libraries/src/Helper/TagsHelper.php:388Copy
  • SELECT `c`.`id`,`c`.`asset_id`,`c`.`access`,`c`.`alias`,`c`.`checked_out`,`c`.`checked_out_time`,`c`.`created_time`,`c`.`created_user_id`,`c`.`description`,`c`.`extension`,`c`.`hits`,`c`.`language`,`c`.`level`,`c`.`lft`,`c`.`metadata`,`c`.`metadesc`,`c`.`metakey`,`c`.`modified_time`,`c`.`note`,`c`.`params`,`c`.`parent_id`,`c`.`path`,`c`.`published`,`c`.`rgt`,`c`.`title`,`c`.`modified_user_id`,`c`.`version`, CASE WHEN CHAR_LENGTH(`c`.`alias`) != 0 THEN CONCAT_WS(':', `c`.`id`, `c`.`alias`) ELSE `c`.`id` END as `slug` FROM `b8rtz_categories` AS `s` INNER JOIN `b8rtz_categories` AS `c` ON (`s`.`lft` <= `c`.`lft` AND `c`.`lft` < `s`.`rgt`) OR (`c`.`lft` < `s`.`lft` AND `s`.`rgt` < `c`.`rgt`) WHERE (`c`.`extension` = :extension OR `c`.`extension` = 'system') AND `c`.`access` IN (:preparedArray1,:preparedArray2) AND `c`.`published` = 1 AND `s`.`id` = :id ORDER BY `c`.`lft`209μs3.92KBParams/libraries/src/Categories/Categories.php:375Copy
  • SELECT DISTINCT a.id, a.title, a.name, a.checked_out, a.checked_out_time, a.note, a.state, a.access, a.created_time, a.created_user_id, a.ordering, a.language, a.fieldparams, a.params, a.type, a.default_value, a.context, a.group_id, a.label, a.description, a.required, a.only_use_in_subform,l.title AS language_title, l.image AS language_image,uc.name AS editor,ag.title AS access_level,ua.name AS author_name,g.title AS group_title, g.access as group_access, g.state AS group_state, g.note as group_note FROM b8rtz_fields AS a LEFT JOIN `b8rtz_languages` AS l ON l.lang_code = a.language LEFT JOIN b8rtz_users AS uc ON uc.id=a.checked_out LEFT JOIN b8rtz_viewlevels AS ag ON ag.id = a.access LEFT JOIN b8rtz_users AS ua ON ua.id = a.created_user_id LEFT JOIN b8rtz_fields_groups AS g ON g.id = a.group_id LEFT JOIN `b8rtz_fields_categories` AS fc ON fc.field_id = a.id WHERE ( (`a`.`context` = :context AND (`fc`.`category_id` IS NULL OR `fc`.`category_id` IN (:preparedArray1,:preparedArray2)) AND `a`.`access` IN (:preparedArray3,:preparedArray4)) AND (`a`.`group_id` = 0 OR `g`.`access` IN (:preparedArray5,:preparedArray6)) AND `a`.`state` = :state) AND (`a`.`group_id` = 0 OR `g`.`state` = :gstate) AND `a`.`only_use_in_subform` = :only_use_in_subform ORDER BY a.ordering ASC871μs4.75KBParams/libraries/src/MVC/Model/BaseDatabaseModel.php:166Copy
  • SELECT `c`.`id`,`c`.`asset_id`,`c`.`access`,`c`.`alias`,`c`.`checked_out`,`c`.`checked_out_time`,`c`.`created_time`,`c`.`created_user_id`,`c`.`description`,`c`.`extension`,`c`.`hits`,`c`.`language`,`c`.`level`,`c`.`lft`,`c`.`metadata`,`c`.`metadesc`,`c`.`metakey`,`c`.`modified_time`,`c`.`note`,`c`.`params`,`c`.`parent_id`,`c`.`path`,`c`.`published`,`c`.`rgt`,`c`.`title`,`c`.`modified_user_id`,`c`.`version`, CASE WHEN CHAR_LENGTH(`c`.`alias`) != 0 THEN CONCAT_WS(':', `c`.`id`, `c`.`alias`) ELSE `c`.`id` END as `slug` FROM `b8rtz_categories` AS `s` INNER JOIN `b8rtz_categories` AS `c` ON (`s`.`lft` <= `c`.`lft` AND `c`.`lft` < `s`.`rgt`) OR (`c`.`lft` < `s`.`lft` AND `s`.`rgt` < `c`.`rgt`) WHERE (`c`.`extension` = :extension OR `c`.`extension` = 'system') AND `c`.`access` IN (:preparedArray1,:preparedArray2) AND `c`.`published` = 1 AND `s`.`id` = :id ORDER BY `c`.`lft`235μs3.92KBParams/libraries/src/Categories/Categories.php:375Copy
  • SELECT `m`.`id`,`m`.`title`,`m`.`module`,`m`.`position`,`m`.`content`,`m`.`showtitle`,`m`.`params`,`mm`.`menuid` FROM `b8rtz_modules` AS `m` LEFT JOIN `b8rtz_modules_menu` AS `mm` ON `mm`.`moduleid` = `m`.`id` LEFT JOIN `b8rtz_extensions` AS `e` ON `e`.`element` = `m`.`module` AND `e`.`client_id` = `m`.`client_id` WHERE ( ( (`m`.`published` = 1 AND `e`.`enabled` = 1 AND `m`.`client_id` = :clientId AND `m`.`access` IN (:preparedArray1,:preparedArray2)) AND (`m`.`publish_up` IS NULL OR `m`.`publish_up` <= :publishUp)) AND (`m`.`publish_down` IS NULL OR `m`.`publish_down` >= :publishDown)) AND (`mm`.`menuid` = :itemId OR `mm`.`menuid` <= 0) ORDER BY `m`.`position`,`m`.`ordering`415μs1.97KBParams/libraries/src/Cache/Controller/CallbackController.php:120Copy
  • SELECT `a`.`menutype`,`a`.`title` FROM `b8rtz_menu_types` AS `a` WHERE `a`.`client_id` = 068μs608B/libraries/gantry5/src/classes/Gantry/Framework/Menu.php:138Copy
  • SELECT m.id, m.alias, m.path AS route, m.level, m.parent_id FROM b8rtz_menu AS m WHERE m.menutype = 'mainmenu' AND m.parent_id > 0 AND m.client_id = 0 AND m.published >= 0 ORDER BY m.lft251μs1.05KB/libraries/gantry5/src/classes/Gantry/Framework/Menu.php:791Copy
  • SELECT * FROM b8rtz_acym_configuration192μs24.56KB/administrator/components/com_acym/Core/joomla/database.php:36Copy
  • SELECT * FROM b8rtz_acym_list WHERE type = 'standard'79μs1.69KB/administrator/components/com_acym/Core/joomla/database.php:36Copy
  • SELECT * FROM b8rtz_acym_field61μs1.69KB/administrator/components/com_acym/Core/joomla/database.php:36Copy
  • SELECT * FROM b8rtz_acym_form WHERE active = 1 AND type != 'shortcode'59μs912B/administrator/components/com_acym/Core/joomla/database.php:36Copy
  • SELECT SUM(CASE WHEN `a`.`next_execution` <= :now THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS due_count,SUM(CASE WHEN `a`.`locked` IS NULL THEN 0 ELSE 1 END) AS locked_count FROM `b8rtz_scheduler_tasks` AS `a` WHERE `a`.`state` = 191μs1.37KBParams/administrator/components/com_scheduler/src/Model/TasksModel.php:517Copy
  • SELECT `value` FROM b8rtz_acym_configuration WHERE `name` LIKE "%regacy" OR `name` LIKE "%\_sub"259μs3.02KB/plugins/system/acymtriggers/acymtriggers.php:434Copy
  • SELECT `session_id` FROM `b8rtz_session` WHERE `session_id` = ?70μs1KBParams/libraries/vendor/joomla/session/src/Handler/DatabaseHandler.php:291Copy
  • UPDATE `b8rtz_session` SET `data` = ? , `time` = ? WHERE `session_id` = ?167μs592BParams/libraries/vendor/joomla/session/src/Handler/DatabaseHandler.php:318Copy