It's easy to get into that mode when we read the about Peter, and how he vehemently told our Lord how he would never deny Him. Then the guards came, and Jesus willingly went with them. The disciples scattered. Peter went to the courtyard and was warming himself by the fire, and he did it. He denied Yeshua, not once, but 3 times. And the rooster crowed. We shake our heads. What a shame....how could he deny our Lord?
But, are we any different? How many times do we keep quiet when the Lord asks us to speak? How many times do we sin again, after begging for forgiveness? How often do we give our time to our personal entertainment, and leave the Lord alone in a chair, waiting to meet with his beloved child?
I am as guilty as Peter. The rooster's crow may be something different for each of us, but whatever it is, it should slap us back to reality The reality that nothing--no, NOTHING--is more important in this life than our devotion to the one who took our blame, our punishment for our sins, and bore the torture and spiritual fury as he was brutally beaten, desecrated, and nailed into a tree, to hang and die covered in blood which he shed for us.
"Then he began to invoke a divine curse and to swear with an oath, “I don’t know the man!” Just then a rooster crowed. Peter remembered the words of Jesus when he said, “Before a rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” Then he went outside and cried bitterly." Mt 26:74–75 ISV
Please, God, bless!
Inspired by "365: A Daily Creativity Journal: Make Something Every Day and Change Your Life!" I decided I should be more conscientious of my creative side. I chose to modify this one year challenge (9/23/14-9/24/15) to create something each day that would also force me to focus my perspective on a Godly world-view.
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