Are you the kind of person who is always drowning under a sea of trouble? Does it seem that you spend all your time treading water or trying to swim away from this problem only to find yourself being knocked back under the surface by the next wave of circumstances that slams you? Have you noticed there are some people who seem to deal with problems and pain with a sense of assurance and faith? They aren’t immune from the storms of life, but it seems that they have learned how to walk above the trouble.

The lesson for us is that if we want to walk in victory over troubled waters, we must learn to walk by faith. The Bible says, “For we live (walk) by faith, not by sight.” (2 Corinthians 5:7) If you’re walking by sight, you will be focusing on the troubled waters beneath you and the stormy waves around you. But if you are walking by faith, you are looking at Jesus.