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Author: Shannon Heiden
As we read the above scripture we find a most important word, a word that speaks of a time to come, not yet fulfilled but on it's way, and that is the word
Jesus was speaking to His disciple, His earthly companion, His chosen friend. It was not uncommon for Jesus to publicly praise Peter and just as common for Jesus to correct him as well. Peter was a man full of zeal and enthusiasm. Peter left everything he knew to follow Jesus. Peter was the first disciple to reconize Christ as the Son of the living God, Peter stepped out of the boat when no one else did and Peter in his fleshly carnal way tried to defend his Lord in the garden.
Peter truly loved Jesus and Jesus knew it but Jesus also knew something about Peter that Peter didn't quite know yet and that was Peter would fall flat on his face in the coming hour of adversity.
Jesus knew that Peters heart would fail and although that was a painful place Peter had to come to it was also a critical turning point in Peters life.
Sometimes in our lives we are like Peter, full of zeal and enthusiasm as we leap on the mountaintops proclaiming the name of Jesus, we cast out demons, we heal the sick, we love our brothers and then in the next chapter of our life, as soon as the page turns we find ourselves in the midst of adversity, blindsided by fear and the faith we so boldly proclaimed has turned into a distant faint whisper, or even just a mere thought that never escapes our lips.
How many times have we fallen flat on our face when we see that the Lord has turned to us knowing and seeing what was in our heart, all the while we are crushed beneath the weight of just being awakened by the realization of our own enemy lying within?
But even though Peter had to come face to face with what exactly he was made of, even though we too have to come face to face with what truly lies within our own heart, we have a word from the Lord himself to get us through.
And when you turn back...
Look at what the Lord is saying here,Hold On, The Best Is yet to Come!
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