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Praise beyond our denials
God loves us in spite of our frailties and shortcomings, thus when the ever energetic Peter expressed his desire to be with Jesus in every circumstance, Jesus told him how he would deny Him three times…
“Jesus answered him, “Will you lay down your life for My sake? Most assuredly, I say to you, the rooster shall not crow till you have denied Me three times.”
John 13: 38 NKJV
Yet, was Peter rejected by the Lord?
No! The God of yet another chance extended His grace to Peter and after he had genuinely repented, the Lord forgave him and made him a mighty disciple for His glory.
God did not express His love for us on the cross because we were good, however here’s the truth…..
“But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
Romans 5:8 NKJV
Every year starts for us with new resolutions, yet as the days pass by we realize how we are falling short of our plans to glorify God, some we abandon and some we carry forward to the next year, the Lord pardons us and waits for us strengthening us to achieve our goals.
God’s grace and benevolence in our life is limited by our duration in this earth and then when we step into eternity, we will have to give an account to Him for His graceful chances given to us in this life to glorify His name.
There are many like Peter who successfully overcame their failures and ended victoriously, every day we too are nearing towards our end,
Are we running our life’s race in His will now?
The man (Peter) who once denied Christ three times, has this to tell us….
“But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.”
1 Peter 2:9 NKJV
Peter by the experience of his life proved the above verse true…
Can we too rise beyond our failures and denials and in this remaining journey chose to glorify God?
Let’s be as God wants us to be as He helps us become more like Him.
God Bless,
Abraham
http://www.abrahampulickal.com/
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