Mark 6:45-52 - Homilies By A.f. Muir

Jesus walking on the sea.

I. THE SERVANTS OF THE LORD ARE EXPOSED TO OPPOSITION AND DANGER IN CARRYING OUT HIS COMMANDS .

II. WITHOUT THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF HIS PRESENCE DIFFICULTY APPEARS INSURMOUNTABLE .

III. HE IS EVER AT HAND TO BLESS THOSE WHO ARE STRIVING TO OBEY HIS WORD .

IV. WHEN HIS SERVANTS ARE READY TO RECEIVE HIM HE WILL COME TO THEIR RESCUE , AND EVERY OBSTACLE WILL BE OVERCOME .

V. SUCH TEMPTATIONS ARE INTENDED TO DISCOVER THEIR NEED OF HIM , AND TO CONFIRM THEIR FAITH IN HIM .—M.