Faith Amid Sabbath-Keeping Trials
When the waves were tossing around Peter in a threatening manner, even tho he was walking upon them, he feared, doubted, and began to sink. How characteristic of the Christian of to-day who fears to trust God for support, when some duty presents itself which calls for real sacrifice! For instance, street-car men, if they should rest one day in seven, would lose their positions and not be able to support themselves and their families. We must, therefore, have a Sunday law for their benefit. And Christian men there are who urge this argument. Is it a strange thing that the worldly man refuses to have faith in God, when Christ's avowed followers exhibit so little? God wants men who will walk right out to Him over the waves without fear or doubt, when He has said the word. His rebuke to Peter is just as applicable to the doubting, fearing follower to-day as then. But we shall ever fail unless we keep our eyes fixed on Him.