Matthew 14:25 During the fourth watch of the night Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake.

Matthew 14 takes place after a long day of tragedy, ministry and miracles, In the life of Jesus. In verses 1-12 Jesus’ cousin John the Baptist has been beheaded.

In verses 13-21 Jesus hears about his cousin’s death and gets in his boat to got to a private place to grieve, but while he finds a quiet place a crowd gathers, the Bible tells us that there were 5000 men not counting women and children.

After the miracle feeding of 5000, Jesus made the disciples get into a boat and go to the other side! I noticed something about Matthew 14, one third of Jesus’ disciples were professional fisherman, why would Jesus have to make them get in the boat.

Could it be they could read the weather, a storm was brewing and they probably knew this isn’t sailing weather, but none the less they went. Hear me, sometimes the will of God will lead you right in the middle of storm.

While on the water, a storm came and no doubt the disciples were scared, they cried for help, their hope was gone, they had exhausted every avenue of rescue. But in the fourth watch of the night Jesus came walking on the water.

The fourth watch is between 3am & 6am, it represents just in the nick of time. Hear me friend you may be in the middle of storm right now, it might feel like all hope is gone, but don’t give up, don’t jump ship, because in the fourth watch of your night, Jesus is coming.

Our Prayer challenge: He may be late according to your watch, but He’s always on time according to His.