"But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was fearful; and beginning to sink he cried out, Lord save me" (Matt 14:30, NKJV) How often have we suffered unnecessarily? How many times have we allowed ourselves go through unreasonable pains? How many times have we let our problems linger by simply delaying or refusing to take them to God? One of the problems we usually have at times as Christians is to identify the difference between being strong and relying on God. Most Christians think that refusing to pray about a problem is a sign of strength or strong faith. Some others assume that the real way to demonstrate faith is to totally deny the existing of the problem. But true faith is not denial of the fact, but reliance on God in spite of the fact. When sick, true faith does not say, "I am not sick". It says, "I am healed!". True faith recognises the fact, but chooses to rely on God's word. True faith counters the unpleasant fact with God's pleasant word . Our strength does not come from standing on our own but from standing with God. The more we rely on God, the stronger we are. The more we throw ourselves to God's mercy and grace, the stronger we are to defeat our problems. If we can learn to bow to God, we will have no reason to bow to any man or problem..
A song writer said, "O what peace we often forfeit. O what needless pain we bear. Just because we do not carry everything to God in pray". Casting all our cares upon Him, not some of our cares - all of it. God is not selective of the problems He would solve for us. He wants to solve all our problems. But we must let Him in by calling upon Him. Our prayer is an invitation to God to take over. When we are at the end of the road, God can create many more roads if we cry out to Him. When we hit the rock bottom, God can lift us up if we invite Him.
As Peter began to sink, He cried out to God. He was afraid and He didn't deny that. He didn't lie to himself. He did the right thing: He cried out, Lord save me, and he was saved!