Walking on Water

I saw that there hasn't been a post in a while, and I haven't posted yet, so, I guess it's my turn. This will be easy, because God has been speaking to me quite a bit the past few days.

God has been speaking to me about faith a lot lately. Faith is something I've always thought I didn't have. When I would read the verses about asking for things in faith, I would believe them, but I still didn't have full faith when I asked God for something. I thought it was just a gift I didn't have, and I always wondered why.
But God revealed my error to me. Instead of just believing that God would give me what I prayed for, I asked myself whether I believed or not. That left a door open to doubt, and I didn't have the faith I needed. But God didn't just show me my error, but he showed me the way to fix it as well!
He showed me that I needed to just believe. Not questiong if I believe, not lacking faith, but just believing. I can't seem to explain it very well, but the point is, God explained to me about faith, which I had long wondered about, and lacked.
God brought me to this passage, and He showed me something in it that I had never seen before:

Matthew 14
25 And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.
26 And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.
27 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.
28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.
29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.
30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?

While I had noticed the reason for Peter's failure, I hadn't applied it to my life. I realized that we don't just need faith to start the journey, but we need it every step of the way. Without it, we will begin to sink whenever a trial comes.
I am walking on water, through God's power, but without faith, I will sink. Faith is the victory that overcomes the world. We need to have it to walk this Christian walk. I probably didn't say all of this exactly right, but it doesn't really matter. All that matters is the point, and I will walk by faith. God bless!

Chase