Christ bids his disciples to go and get into a ship and to go before him unto the other side of the sea. When he had sent them away, he went up into a mountain to pray. By that evening, he was there alone. The disciples and the ship were now in the middle of the sea. Early in the morning, Christ goes forth unto them walking on the sea. When his apostles first see him, they think he is a spirit and cry out for fear. Christ spoke to them telling them to be not afraid, “it is I.” Peter answers the Savior and asks him “if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.” His response shows how much faith he had in the Savior. He knew that if this was Christ, he knew that all things were possible. Christ tells him to come and Peter goes down out of the ship and starts walking toward him. As soon as Peter sees the wind and waves, he begins to fear and began to sink. ‘Lord save me!’ he calls out. Immediately, the Savior stretches forth his hand and catches him. “Oh thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?”
Many times in our life we start out strong and with great faith that we can achieve something. Sometimes along the way we start to doubt or fear what is happening. I think that is when we really lose sight of our goal. There is a scripture in D&C 88:68 that reads: “And if your eye be single to my glory, your whole bodies shall be filled with light, and there shall be no darkness in you; and that body which is filled with light comprehendeth all things.”
I testify that if we call for the Savior to help us with our lack of faith, he will “catch” us and bring us back up.
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