BlkHoneyLuv2U
Well-Known Member
I found this on the Biblical Court web site and thought it was right on time for me cause lately I've felt like such a failure and a complete waste of skin but it give me hope to know that ....Jesus Sees Potential
We often remember Peters failure as he denied His Lord three times, but we often forget that Jesus restored him and used Peter to birth the early church. What was the secret of Peters restoration? Well, I believe it was the result of many things. One, Peters remorse and repentance. But most importantly, our Lords intervension. You see, even before Peter denied Jesus, Jesus told Peter in the upper room while they were celebrating the passover meal in Luke 22:31, "Simon, Simon, Satan has desired to sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you." Listen, the reason why Peter came through this devistating failure and was restored to great usefullness, was because Jesus was praying for him. Listen, if Jesus for one moment stopped interceeding for us, we would fall away and never come back.
You see, Jesus knew that Peter was going to fail, but He also knew that peter would return. Why? Because He prayed for him. This tells us two things. One, we should be thankful that Jesus ever lives to make intecession for us (Heb.7:25) And secondly that when Jesus looks at us He sees the end result. He sees potential. We see a blamk canvass, He sees a portrait. We see a lump of coal, He sees a diamond in the rough. We see a Jacob, He sees an Isreal. We see a Saul, He sees a Paul. We see a Simon, He sees a Peter.
Ron Hindt
Calvary Chapel
Houston
We often remember Peters failure as he denied His Lord three times, but we often forget that Jesus restored him and used Peter to birth the early church. What was the secret of Peters restoration? Well, I believe it was the result of many things. One, Peters remorse and repentance. But most importantly, our Lords intervension. You see, even before Peter denied Jesus, Jesus told Peter in the upper room while they were celebrating the passover meal in Luke 22:31, "Simon, Simon, Satan has desired to sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you." Listen, the reason why Peter came through this devistating failure and was restored to great usefullness, was because Jesus was praying for him. Listen, if Jesus for one moment stopped interceeding for us, we would fall away and never come back.
You see, Jesus knew that Peter was going to fail, but He also knew that peter would return. Why? Because He prayed for him. This tells us two things. One, we should be thankful that Jesus ever lives to make intecession for us (Heb.7:25) And secondly that when Jesus looks at us He sees the end result. He sees potential. We see a blamk canvass, He sees a portrait. We see a lump of coal, He sees a diamond in the rough. We see a Jacob, He sees an Isreal. We see a Saul, He sees a Paul. We see a Simon, He sees a Peter.
Ron Hindt
Calvary Chapel
Houston