Peter Moments

 

Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke him saying,

"far be it from You, Lord; this shall not happen to you!"

Matthew 16:22

Peter is one of the men of the Bible that so many of us can relate to.  There are times when he shows great wisdom and courage, and other times where he fumbles and falls on his face.  He gets things so right and then turns around and gets it so wrong.  We look at ourselves and say 'that's so me'!

The above verse is one of the times that Peter stumbled and bumbled and fell on his face.  I cringe as I read that Peter actually rebuked Jesus and then in the midst of the rebuke calls him Lord. The wonder of our Lord is that as many times as Peter failed, Jesus restored and continued to use him.

We live under such amazing grace.  The Lord knows our frailty and faults and bears with us. He never wrote Peter off or fired him, but kept drawing him back and giving him more chances and more grace. 

We all have our 'Peter' moments that require the Lord's rebuke and correction.  You will no doubt get discouraged, but don't remain there.  Jesus extends to you the same grace he did Peter.  Let His grace humble and mature us into men and women of great use for His kingdom.