Friday, March 26, 2010
18:1 thru 18:18 (Mar 26)
The disciples are together with Jesus in the olive grove when the soldiers come. Peter tries to fight his way out of the situation - to save himself, Jesus, and the others. Then Peter, together with John, follows Jesus to the high priest's house. He wants to stay with the master, to be with him. And then, somewhat inexplicably, Peter denies Jesus. Three times. This is a peculiar sequence - from fighting for Jesus and following him into danger, to denying him. Clearly Peter was acting on his own, not following the will of God, when he struck the servant of the high priest. And clearly Peter was not within the will of God when he denied Jesus. But there is no reason to think that Peter was outside God's will in following Jesus. The message for me is the importance of earnestly seeking God's will. Without this, even the best intentions in following Jesus can lead to sin and falling from grace.
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Amen! Earnestly seeking is the KEY here. Doing the right thing for the wrong reasons is pointless in Kingdom living. v11 points out that Jesus only does God's will, no matter what it looks like to those close to us. Also Jesus only does God's will in God's time(v17:1).....how does he do this(Luke 22:41-43). This is but one example Jesus left for us in seeking God's will and timings.
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