"Walking on the water is easy to impulsive pluck (as it is happening), but walking on dry land as a disciple of Jesus Christ is a different thing. Peter walked on the water to go to Jesus, but he followed Him afar off on the dry land. We do not need the grace of God to stand crises, human nature and pride are sufficient; but it does require the supernatural grace of God to live twenty-four hours in every day as a saint, to go through drudgery as a disciple, to live an ordinary, unobserved, and ignored existence as a disciple of Jesus. It is inbred in us that we have to do exceptional things for God; but we have not. We have to be exceptional in the ordinary things, to be holy in mean streets, among mean people, and this is not learned in five minutes."

This goes along with what we were talking about: Being faithful to God in the ordinary times of life (David as a shepherd, Moses' 40 years wandering before the exodus, Joseph in prison)...sometimes we feel like God is ignoring us as we live our ordinary and unobserved lives, but we need to be faithful in the "spaces between" the exciting moments of our lives...Peter was able to walk on water because he followed him on the land! Be faithful and obedient 24 hours a day, and you will be do exceptional things!