Peter, here in this story, I think is so overcome with the presence of God, he immediately worships. When he is smacked across the face with reality, he reaches straight to God and is lifted back into a kingdom mindset. A mindset that sets him free from his immediate constraints, maybe not the laws of physics, but the constraints of his culture and customs and the empire in which he lives.

“Lord, help me.” I know he’s not like the others, I know he can answer this desperate prayer. “Lord, help me, my daughter…”

Hagar saw a well that saved her and her child in the desert. Maybe your well is quitting a job that is draining you dry. Maybe your well is ending a relationship with family that is toxic. Maybe your well is trusting yourself and your talents to try something new. Your well might be going back to school, mine certainly was. Your well might be just asking for help. Maybe your well is just not losing hope, not seeing the future but seeing a well that gives you water for now – hope for now, even in uncertainty.