Peter replied, “Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about!” Just as he was
speaking, the rooster crowed. The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter.
Then Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him: “Before the rooster
crows today, you will disown me three times.” And he went outside and wept
bitterly.
This passage is one of the
most heartbreaking in the Bible. The complete betrayal and failure
of a best friend.
It is hard to imagine
what that look from Jesus felt like, but it brought a hardened
fisherman to his knees in shame.
It is important that
we visualize the look that Peter got from Jesus, as each of us deserve it. Each of us have betrayed and failed our
Savior. Each of us have been responsible for
the pain in Jesus’ eyes.
Christ knew Peter would do this, yet He declared him the rock upon which God would build His church. Jesus never minimized the failure, but He covered it in blood.
How glorious to know
that God uses broken people.
The enemy
would have you believe your failures disqualify you. But God’s Word is filled with unqualified
people that He uses to do extraordinary things.
Don’t listen to the
lie. You cannot be disqualified when you were never deserving in the first
place.
Your qualifications rest in the work of another, and He has restored you.
Your qualifications rest in the work of another, and He has restored you.
The only credentials you need are humility, remorse, and repentance… and a fierce belief in the
power of the Blood.
You have been
redeemed by another. You have been given
the power to be free, and to change the world.
When you stumble and fail him ... Do as Peter did...grieve, repent, accept His forgiveness... and then
get back to work.
“We must not offer people a system of redemption, a set of insights
and principles. We offer people a Redeemer.”
― Paul David Tripp
― Paul David Tripp
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