God commands Elijah in this week’s First Reading to stand on the mountain and await his passing by. And in the Gospel, Jesus makes the disciples set out across the waters to meet him. Perhaps he remembers Moses, who met God on the same mountain, also amid fire, thunder, and smoke (see Deuteronomy 4:10–15; Exodus 19:17–19). Only God treads across the crest of the sea (see Job 9:8) and rules the raging waters (see Psalm 89:9–10). We must trust that he whispers to us in the trials of our lives, that he who has called us to walk along the way of his steps, will save us whenever we begin to sink.