Luke
22 Peter’s Denial of Jesus.
…“After arresting him they led him away
and took him into the house of the high priest; Peter was following at a
distance. They lit a fire in the
middle of the courtyard and sat around it, and Peter sat down with them. When a maid saw him seated in
the light, she looked intently at him and said, “This man too was with him.” But he denied it saying, “Woman,
I do not know him.” A short while later
someone else saw him and said, “You too are one of them”; but Peter answered,
“My friend, I am not.” About an hour
later, still another insisted, “Assuredly, this man too was with him, for he
also is a Galilean.” But Peter said, “My
friend, I do not know what you are talking about.” Just as he was saying this,
the cock crowed, and the Lord turned and looked
at Peter; and
Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, “Before the cock
crows today, you will deny me three times.” He went out and began to weep bitterly.”…
So what
is God saying to me?
God
is not saying anything…He just turns and looks at me…and I know that if there
was ever a time that I could fill Simon’s sandals this is it. That devastating look of love...love and mercy that convicts the soul.
Dear
Lord Jesus…
You,
my Lord, have paid the toll/
That
fateful day upon a knoll.
Hanging
there nailed to that Pole/
Your
precious blood made me whole.
Through
my days I can’t simply stroll/
Your
look of love convicts my soul.
Of
my life please take control/
I
pray, my Lord, this be my goal.
Amen.
