Turn the page

Friday May 7, 2021

Turn the page

Simon Peter was there and warming himself. They said to him, Are you not also one of his disciples ? He denied it and said : I am not one of them. John 18.25

On three occasions, Peter deliberately lied about his relationship with Jesus, and it must have been the most cruel failure of his life, as he betrayed his master to whom he had made a more than convincing statement : "Even though he I must die with you, I will not deny you." (Mark 14.31)

During this evening when Jesus will be arrested and beaten, the strength, zeal and will of Peter will be destroyed to make way for a man who will never be the same again.

"God has a story to write in your life, it's time for you to move on."

A few days later, he is again broken inside in the face of the risen Jesus, who asks him three times : "Do you love me ?" (John 21.17) By questioning him in this way, Jesus wants to erase in Peter the memory of his three denials and make him understand that it is time for him to turn the page, to leave this failure behind and to move on. the front !

Like Peter, the winds of trial have blown over your life and you have lost your bearings. Alone and completely abandoned by all, you may have denied God by your actions or your words.

A question for today

Are you going to let yourself be overwhelmed by this failure or will you accept to be restored? As you entrust your failures to God, you will realize that in addition to making you well, He will change circumstances in your favor and pull you up !

Yannis Gautier

Source (The Thought of the Day)