Scripture: Luke 22:54-62
Journal: Where and how is Jesus calling you to repentance these days?
Reflection:
Peter denied his Lord thrice, and then the Lord
looked upon him. And that look of Jesus
broke the heart of Peter, and all at once there opened up before him the
terrible sin that he had committed, the terrible failure that had come, and the
depth into which he had fallen, and “Peter went out and wept bitterly.”
Oh! Who can tell what that repentance must have
been? During the following hours of that
night, and the next day, the Sabbath—oh, in what hopeless despair and shame he
must have spent that day!
My Lord is gone, my
hope is gone, and I denied my Lord.
After that life of love, after that
Blessed fellowship of three years, I denied my Lord. God have mercy upon me!
I do not think we can
realize into what depth of humiliation Peter sank then. But that was the turning point and the
change: and on the first day of the week Christ was seen of Peter, and in the
evening he met him with the others.
Later on at the Lake of galilee he asked him: “Lovest thou me?” until
Peter was made sad by the thought that the Lord reminded him of having denied
him thrice. Then, Peter said in sorrow,
but in uprightness: “Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love
thee.” (Absolute Surrender and Other Addresses by Andrew Murray)
Prayer
Closing
Prayer: Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a
right spirit within me. (Psalm 51:10)
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