He didn't walk on water. That would be a stroll across a swimming pool, even one of Olympic size. He hiked, three or four miles at least. I don't know exactly how he did it. The image I have of fakers attempting to 'walk on water' is that they have flutter-board shoes on their feet and they are kind of sliding along the surface, like trying to cross a very slippery bit of ice.
Maybe Jesus walked along the surface as smoothly as he walked along a beaten path. Maybe he walked along a solid invisible path a couple inches above the water so that not even his sandals got wet. Maybe he carried his sandals because he liked the feeling of the water between his toes.
Wow, the image of Jesus enjoying water-walking because it tickled his toes runs counter to the Sovereign King of the Universe at God's Right Hand Jesus that I grew up with. I kind of like it.
This passage has been used to provide a 'happily ever after' answer to life's bad moments. Jesus showed up and the boat arrived at its destination. But life is not always quite so fairy tale. Maybe we need to look a little harder at the possibilities of this passage.
I think it is still a great moral, but maybe a little more real. Hope to see you Sunday.
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