Have you ever had a moment when something hits you and your basically say "ah ha". I had one of those moments today. A true understanding and blessing from God at church. We have been studying the life of Jesus, to better understand Him so we can improve our friendship with Him. Today we were finishing up a discussion on Peter, Jesus' "main" disciple. We were talking about what must have been going through Peter's mind when he was denying Christ and when he realized that Jesus' prophecy of Peter denying him three times before the rooster crows comes true.
We talked about how alone Peter must have felt at that time, Jesus was taken away from him about to be crucified and when he denied Christ I believe he was scared and unsure of what to do. He had never been on his own, he always had either other fishermen with him or Jesus. He was without his friend. Because Jesus was not there with him, Peter made the wrong choice. Just like we do when we don't keep ourself close to Jesus. He can't guide us in our daily lives if we are not letting Him. Also, this was a pivotal point in Peter's life, if he didn't deny Christ three times he wouldn't have been molded into the bold speaker he came to be in Acts chapter 2. Jesus told him he would be fisher of men.....in Acts over 3,000 people became saved because of what Peter stood up and said on the day of Pentecost.
To some, this may not sound like a "ah ha" moment, but for me it was. I never looked at Peter's journey in this way. I never realized how Christ was molding him to be this bold person, which is really what he is doing for all of us as Christians. We just have to allow it to happen and be willing to follow where it takes us.
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