Read the Bible with Your Heart and Walk in Faith

You can know what Scripture says and still wonder how to trust it in a real decision. Reading the Bible with your heart means receiving it as God speaking to you and mixing His Word with faith. Peter’s walk on the water shows what one word from Jesus can do when it is received and acted on.

One word from Jesus was enough for Peter

Peter and the disciples were in a boat during a storm when Jesus came walking across the water. Peter asked Jesus to call him out, and Jesus answered, “Come.” Matthew 14:29 (NKJV) says, “So He said, ‘Come.’ And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus.”

The One who created the world by His words spoke to Peter, and Peter stepped onto the water. The water and storm were still there. Peter had a word from Jesus, and he responded to it.

Peter’s willingness to leave the boat is explored in “What Happens When You Leave the Shore”. Here the basis for his step is clear: Jesus spoke, and Peter heard Him.

We have the Scriptures and their promises before us. They are “exceedingly great and precious promises” (2 Peter 1:4, NKJV). God’s Word gives us a foundation to trust Him in our health, provision, and calling. We can value what He has spoken and let it shape the way we approach the next step.

How do you read the Bible with your heart?

Reading Scripture is more than scanning words on a page. Andrew encourages us to recognize that God is speaking through His Word and to receive it with faith. Hebrews 4:2 (NKJV) says, “But the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.”

Hearing the Word and trusting it belong together. We can open the Bible expecting the Holy Spirit to make its truth clear and alive to us. Andrew has called seeing the Word come alive to him the greatest experience of his life, beyond the extraordinary miracles he has witnessed.

Give Scripture your attention and let it speak to your heart. As you read a familiar verse, consider what it reveals about God and what He has promised. Bring your questions to Him, and allow what He says to shape your expectations. Familiarity with a passage can become the beginning of deeper trust when you receive it as more than information.

On the road to Emmaus, the disciples asked one another whether their hearts had burned within them after the risen Jesus spoke with them. Jeremiah also described God’s word as a fire shut up in his bones. In both passages, God’s Word moved the heart and called for a response.

Bible translators gave their lives so people could read Scripture in their own languages. It’s sobering how easily that same Bible can sit unopened on a shelf. Make room for the Word, read it attentively, and let it become precious to you again.

What does it mean to mix faith with God’s promises?

Faith takes God at His Word. Peter did not have a complete picture of what the water would feel like under his feet. He had Jesus’ invitation. In the same way, Scripture gives us promises we can trust as we face needs and follow God’s purpose.

God has given promises for your life, including health and provision for what He has called you to do. Healing and prosperity are part of what He has provided (1 Peter 2:24; 3 John 1:2). Value what God has said and join faith to His promises.

Hebrews 4:2 gives us a way to consider our response. We can ask whether we are only familiar with the words or whether we are trusting God as we read them. As His Word becomes settled in our hearts, it gives us a firm place to stand.

Earlier in the series, “You Have to Position Yourself for a Miracle” considers how faith moves us out of the familiar. This episode brings that choice back to its foundation: hearing God’s Word and believing what He has promised.

How can you follow God when others expect conformity?

The disciples had a boat full of people, but Peter was the one who asked Jesus to call him onto the water. Andrew uses that contrast to speak about the pressure to fit in. We can want the approval of people around us so much that we hesitate to stand apart or follow God’s direction.

Scripture prepares us for persecution. Andrew refers to 2 Timothy 3:12, which says that those who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. That truth can steady us when criticism comes; approval from others cannot determine whether we obey God.

Peter’s experience also includes a moment when he began to sink. Peter stepped out, and when he became afraid, Jesus reached out and caught him. Even in a moment of fear, Peter had trusted Jesus enough to leave the boat.

Andrew encourages listeners who sense there is more for their lives to seek God’s purpose in His Word and follow the direction He gives. Psalm 139:16 speaks of God’s knowledge of our days before we were born. God created each person with purpose, and His Word helps us learn to follow Him rather than simply drift with the crowd.

What is God showing you in His Word?

You may be seeking direction about your calling, your family, your health, or your provision. Start with Scripture. Read it with an open heart and ask the Holy Spirit to help you understand what God has said. As a word becomes clear, mix it with faith and take the step He has shown you.

That process takes attention and time. Andrew urges believers to value the Bible, to keep reading, and to let its promises take root. Reading through Scripture, returning to a passage, and asking the Holy Spirit to make its meaning clear all help us give the Word a place in our everyday lives. We can bring what we read into the decisions we face, trusting that God’s wisdom is better than simply following the pressure around us.

Peter stepped onto the water because he received Jesus’ word and acted on it. Hebrews 4:2 gives the same choice to every reader: mix what you hear with faith.

This post draws from How to Become a Water Walker, Episode 7 by Andrew Wommack. Watch the full teaching on YouTube.