A Peter Day

Ever have a day ,you rise with zeal ,think you are ready and eager to follow God . Your heart feels right , your step has purpose and you think bring on those lions . But it all comes down within a heart beat it all comes crumbling down. You sin and that leaves you deflated ,broken and leaves you powerless.

These days I call my "Peter" days. The one thing I love about the word of God it doesn't cover up the failures or blemishes of the saints . Peter , there he was ready to rush head long into death ,pulling his sword to protect Jesus in the garden . He was ready ,was he not . But within a minute he was fleeing for his life . Then mustering up some courage to follow close enough to  the capture and trial to of Jesus be recognized. Then he makes his bold stand  , I'm a follower of Jesus . Oh no,what does he do deny him not once but three times, even swearing to God he knew no Jesus.

Then in Acts we read Peter preach an amazing sermon and thousands are added to the church . So that seals it , Peter having been restored and forgiven is on to victory . Nope . Read a little later and Peter falls back to start to appease the Jews. Then he has the new upstart , Paul rebuke him publicly .

But then when we read Peters epistles  , we read about a man who has grown ,who has repented of his sins and has persevered . Tradition tells us he chose to be crucified upside down because he was not worthy to die like his Lord and Saviour.

So when I fail and struggle , I take strength in knowing that the same Holy Spirit that lived inside of Peter and convicted him of sin ,leading him in a life of repentance ,turning to Christ and trusting Him ,lives inside of me.

We will all have Peter days ,the question is , may we not fall into despair but live in repentance .Getting up from our failure ,dusting ourselves off and  fix our eyes on Christ , the author and perfecter of our faith.