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everything for his whole family. He was saying how much better he felt now that he had this and how much more security he had for his family. After he left I thought, That’s great to have a plan that covers all the medical expenses for any type of sickness. But what about all the diseases there is no medical treatment for? What about the conditions the doctors cannot treat? Where will his security be then? I would rather place all my trust and security in God and His Word than in any kind of policy the world has to offer. I’m not advising we forgo participating in health insurance; I’m saying we should not place our sense of security in it. If we put our trust in the world, then at some point, we are going to be dissatisfied. When we have faith in God and find our security in Him, we will never be disappointed.
    Water walkers, on the other hand, are ready and willing to jump out of the boat and take risks. Peter is the one we still talk about over two thousand years later, because he was the only one who was brave enough to step out with faith in the Lord’s word. Yes, he did sink, but not all the way. The passage says he began to sink and “immediately” Jesus grabbed him. Who knows? Peter could have only sunk to his ankles or his knees—it doesn’t say he gurgled out “Save me, Lord!” because the water was neck deep. He may have just barely started to sink before Jesus took his hand. Either way, the point is, Peter got out of his comfort zone, and the result was, he was able to walk on water alongside Jesus.
    I’d much rather be floundering out on the sea right next to Jesus, attempting to accomplish something nobody else has ever done, than to be huddled together with a bunch of onlooking boat stayers. I’d rather take a risk trusting in Jesus than playing it safe back in that boat. Besides, who do you think was safer in that storm: the guy who had hold of Jesus’ hand or the other eleven inside the boat being tossed around by the waves?
    How many great companies have never been birthed because of a businessperson who couldn’t take the risk? How many kids would have grown up to do amazing things except they were trained to play it safe and to choose the “sure things” in life? How many lives are being lived in a smaller way than God intended simply because these people were afraid to trust in the dreams He has placed in their hearts? What kind of person are you? A boat stayer or a water walker? The choice is yours!

Faith Takes Action
    Everything Wendy and I, and the leadership teams at Casey Treat Ministries, have accomplished over the last thirty years has been completely by faith. Back in 1979, when we were making plans to start our church, we chose the date January 6, 1980, to be our very first service. We found a good location for us to hold services, a local Christian school in South Seattle, and we asked permission to use their facility. Before we had even been given the final approval from that school, we had passed out a thousand little yellow flyers advertising the date, place, and time of our first service. The next week when they called to tell us we could use their building, I thought, Well, thank God, because we already passed out all those flyers!
    Maybe we acted a tiny bit prematurely, but we were on fire for God and being fueled by faith. We weren’t content to wait around for something good to happen for us. We were going to take action and walk by faith. Many Christians spend a great deal of time praying for a new start or a higher level in their lives but never actually step out and do anything to make it happen. They are waiting for God to do it for them, but as we have already talked about, God cannot do what He wants to in our lives . . . He can only do things for which we will have the faith for Him to do.
    A few years after the church started, we sensed God telling us to start our television ministry. I walked into a Seattle TV studio to discuss the terms with the station