We may wonder why such a whimsical story as that of Jesus walking on the water should even appear in the Scriptures in the first place. The story has certainly provided humorists with plenty of material. You know the kind of story I have in mind. "The wife of football coaching legend Bear Bryant once held a telephone receiver in her hand as she gazed out the window of a lakeside cottage, "Oh, no," she says, "It will be no trouble to get him. He is simply having his morning stroll across the lake."

The story also provided one of the most memorable lines in the rock opera, Jesus Christ, Superstar. Herod's cynical order to Christ: "Prove to me that you're no fool; Walk across my swimming pool."

We do not need a picture of Jesus walking on the water to prove to us that He is the Christ. Ther…